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Examines changes in the patient's experience of inner space, recording the growth of the author's understanding of the patient's experience and how this can change. The book goes on to tackle practical clinical issues and problems of technique - the role of transference interpretations.

Argues that certain important elements of Judaic culture were so integral a part of Freud's personality that they became visible in his work and especially in his attitudes to and theories of femininity. This work describes Freud's theory of femininity and its implications for psychoanalytic theories of human development and motivation in general.

In this edited collection of his papers, Dr Adam Limentani introduces Gaddini's key theories showing how they are closely linked to, but different from, the thinking of Phyllis Greenacre, DOnald Winnicitt and Melanie Klein.

This book discusses a particular type of dream which comes after a phase in analysis where integration has taken place.

Questions the relationship between psychoanalysis, history and literature. This book explores whether the analyst helps the analysis and constructs a narrative, or whether their task is more of a historical reconstruction.

Translation of the author's Tormenti di anime.

Original Italian edition published as: Evitare le emozioni, vivere le emozioni, c2007 Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milan.

A seminal work on one of the most neglected topics in psychoanalysis, that of affect. Originally published in French as Le Discours Vivant, it is considered a classic in the psychoanalytic world.

Argues that two professions, anthropology and psychoanalysis, have much in common, the author explains how her background in anthropology led her on to a profound involvement in psychoanalysis. She also includes her own clinical ideas with papers on envy, phantasy, technique, the negative therapeutic reaction, and otherness.

Offers an exploration of psychoanalytic thought, showing how contemporary psychoanalysis seeks to answer the challenges raised by the post-modern culture. This book covers topics such as: the concept of the internal setting; the rhetoric of interpretation; the 'subversive' notion of Nachtraglichkeit; and, the bi-personal field as Virtual Reality.

Looks at what happens when the established framework of the psychoanalytic process is challenged by those with borderline personalities and how we might bring them to a point where they are able to engage with therapy.

"First published 2008 by Bollati Boringhieri, Italy."

Presents approaches to rediscovering psychoanalysis from four vantage points derived from the author's experience as a clinician, a supervisor, a teacher, and a reader of psychoanalysis. This book offers ways of revitalizing and reinventing the exchange between analyst and patient in each session. It is suitable for psychotherapists.

Discusses how Melanie Klein began to develop her psychoanalysis of children. This book offers a comparative analysis of both published and unpublished material from the Melanie Klein Archives.

Explores the dynamics of the interaction between the patient and the analyst. This book includes descriptions of the clinical process that allow the reader to follow the actual process that enables the patient to get into contact with thoughts and feelings of which he or she was previously unconscious or only vaguely aware.

Offers a psychoanalytical framework for clinicians to use in everyday general psychiatric practice, and discusses how psychoanalytic ideas can be of great value when used in the treatment of seriously disturbed and disturbing psychiatric patients with psychoses, including both schizophrenia and the affective disorders.

Introduces the reader to insights into psychoanalysis, ranging from thoughts on the nature of dreaming to ideas about vision and disillusionment. This book examines the psychotic factors, symbolic significance and psychological impact of the events of September the 11th, and the ensuing war on Iraq.

Provides insights into the development of psychoanalytic identity, taking into account the various influences which shape the psychoanalytic voice and drawing on literature, philosophy and sociology. This book is intended for practicing psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic psychotherapists, and other mental health workers.

Examines the connections between time, space, phantasy and sexuality in clinical practice. This book explores the subtleties of the encounter between patient and analyst, addressing how aspects of the patient's unconscious past are actualised in the present, producing meanings that can be re translated to the past.

What is a psychoanalytic process and how do we know when one is taking place? This book describes the rationale and ongoing development of a six year programme of highly original meetings conducted by the European Psychoanalytic Federation Working Party on Comparative Clinical Methods.

Uses clinical material such as detailed reports of sessions, together with clients' analytic histories to develop Bion's original findings and illustrate complex concepts in the field of psychoanalytic technique.

Incorporates a review of various psychoanalytic concepts, a critical history of analytical ideas and an assessment of the contribution neuroscience has to offer. This book uses clinical examples to demonstrate how insights from neuroscience and infant development research change how the analyst responds to his or her patient.