Foreword – by Harriet L. Wolfe Introduction 1. Sound and Rhythm in Psychic Life and Psychoanalytic Work 2. Listening to the Link: Music and Primal Relationships 3. On Imitation 4. The Music Is Not in the Notes... Intimacy and the Negative in Music 5. Beyond Space, Time 6. Musical Dialogues: The Baby in a World of Sound and Rhythm 7. The Musical Unconscious in the Family 8. Silence and Absence: Sound and Music During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Afterword – by Anna Maria Nicolò
Biography
Ludovica Grassi, MD, is a Child Neuropsychiatrist, Full Member of the Italian Society of Psychoanalysis and IPA, Expert in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis, and Couple and Family Psychoanalyst. Her research and publication main topics are: ethnopsychoanalysis; music and psychoanalysis; the origins of psychic life; psychoanalytic work with infants, children, adults, couples and families.
'An amazing combination of the most sophisticated, technically documented and profound psychoanalytic reflection on music, with a "musical" and sensitive description of psychoanalytic concepts and processes. By far the most advanced exploration today in this specific area, based on the author’s high expertise in both fields.'
Stefano Bolognini, Past President of the International Psychoanalytical Association
