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Psychoanalytic Trends in Theory and Practice: The Second Century of the Talking Cure

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Psychoanalytic Trends in Theory and Practice: The Second Century of the Talking Cure

Contributors:

By (Author) M. Hossein Etezady
Edited by Inga Blom
Edited by Mary Davis
Contributions by Inga Blom
Contributions by Harold Blum
Contributions by Richard Cruz
Contributions by Mary Davis
Contributions by M. Hossein Etezady
Contributions by Theodore Fallon
Contributions by Michael S. Garfinkle

ISBN:

9781498577861

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Lexington Books

Publication Date:

24th May 2018

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Child, developmental and lifespan psychology
Clinical psychology

Dewey:

616.8917

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

308

Dimensions:

Width 161mm, Height 236mm, Spine 29mm

Weight:

644g

Description

Psychoanalytic Trends in Theory and Practice serves as a guide for the novice, and a refresher for the expert, into the history and current status of major psychoanalytic concepts. Each chapter author, reviews the development of a concept over the history of psychoanalysis, includes clinical examples to illustrate the concept, and identifies current questions about the topic. Further, many chapters embody a developmental perspective, not just in terms of an idea or concept, but also in terms of the individual; these sections explore how the experiences of the child inform that of the adult. M. Hossein Etezady, Inga Blom, and Mary Davis honor core concepts that continue to inform contemporary psychoanalytic practice, demonstrate the ongoing relevance and utility of the psychoanalytic perspective, and provide a solid and integrative foundation for further exploration into the next generation of theory and clinical work.

Reviews

This volume of 13 essays by practitioners and theorists of psychoanalysis covers immense ground, and the editors deserve praise for including a broad range of topics relevant to the current psychoanalytic enterprise. The topics treated in this book are sure to excite both novices and experts: for example, narcissism, gender fluidity, emotional disturbance in childhood, depression, dissociative disorders, attachment and intersubjectivity, psychosomatics, and neuroscience. Each chapter author reviews a particular psychoanalytic concept's historical development, provides illustrative clinical examples, and reflects upon the topic's contemporary relevance. Many essays take a developmental perspective in terms of the individual's growth and maturation, and in this approach, a debt to the theorist Margaret Mahler can be discerned. The essays collected here tie theory to practice in eminently accessible language, providing a solid platform for current practitioners who wish to expand and deepen their knowledge of a field whose often postulated moribund nature is here belied. Well suited for both practitioners and students of psychoanalysis and psychology. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. * CHOICE *
The contributors to this timely book have successfully evaluated and updated the implications of concepts and practices in an extensive range of topics, as well as made these ideas accessible to new audiences. Most impressive is the concise but excellent historical and updated literature reviews designed to orient the reader to how theory has evolved over time. The illustrative clinical material demonstrates t he contemporary relevance of psychoanalytic ideas and practices that identify questions that still need to be answered. There is a gem of a chapter on open systems theory, leading to multiple simultaneous meaning making attempts and repairs, as well as a chapter on how to keep open and fluid the process of gender creativity. The range of expertise, depth and breadth of these authors is impressive. This is vitally important reading for psychotherapists from all backgrounds. The authors provide a masterful translation of complex concepts into a clinical approach that is forever enhancing. -- Wendy Olesker, PhD, New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
The contributors to this volume, who were influenced by Margaret Mahler, give her the recognition that her work deserves. It is unfortunate that the more recent interest in attachment theory has made some psychoanalysts lose sight of the importance of separation individuation in child hood and in all subsequent phases of the life cycle. Margaret Mahler's work remains for the most part theoretically sound and clinically apt as is evident in all the chapters of the book. -- Arnold Richards, MD, editor of internationalpsychoanalysis.net

Author Bio

M. Hossein Etezady, MD, is faculty member at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, head of faculty at the Tehran Psychoanalytic Institute, and in private practice in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Inga Blom, PhD, is senior psychologist at Lenox Hill Hospital, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell, and private practitioner. Mary Davis, MD, is private practitioner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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