1st Edition

The Psychoanalytic Therapy of Severe Disturbance

By Paul Williams Copyright 2010
    268 Pages
    by Routledge

    268 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book presents the proceedings of the of the conference on the Psychoanalytic Therapy of Severe Disturbance held in Belfast in June 2008.The aim of the conference was to offer a state of the art communication of the key psychoanalytic thinking and approaches to the conceptualisation and treatment of severe disturbance. The result of a unique gathering of the most eminent psychoanalysts in the field with insights into their work on personality disorder, psychotic states and the nature and function of suicidal ideation. This book will be of interest to mental health professionals - psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers and nurses who have an interest in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

    Foreword , Welcome , The therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder , Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) , The mentalization based approach to psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder , Psychoanalytic group therapy with severely disturbed patients: Benefits and challenges , The fiend that sleeps but does not die: Toward a psychoanalytic treatment of the addictions , Some considerations about the psychoanalytic conceptualisation and treatment of psychotic disorders , “First you were an eyebrow” and “How do I know that my thoughts are my thoughts?” , Pre-suicide states of mind , Individual and large-group identities: Does working with borderline patients teach us anything about international negotiations? , Plenary Discussion

    Biography

    Paul Williams