Transference And Countertransference: A Unifying Focus Of Psychoanalysis
by Jean Arundale /
2011 / English / PDF
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Since Freud's initial papers on transference and
countertransference, these vast and inexhaustible subjects have
occupied psychoanalysts. Transference and countertransference, the
essence of the patient/analyst relationship, are concepts so
central to psychoanalysis that, to our minds, they transcend
theoretical orientation and, thus, can be seen as the unifying
focus of psychoanalysis. However differently theoretical traditions
conceptualize the transference, or disagree as to when and how to
interpret it in our everyday analytic work, we all embrace the
phenomena as vital to psychic change.
Since Freud's initial papers on transference and
countertransference, these vast and inexhaustible subjects have
occupied psychoanalysts. Transference and countertransference, the
essence of the patient/analyst relationship, are concepts so
central to psychoanalysis that, to our minds, they transcend
theoretical orientation and, thus, can be seen as the unifying
focus of psychoanalysis. However differently theoretical traditions
conceptualize the transference, or disagree as to when and how to
interpret it in our everyday analytic work, we all embrace the
phenomena as vital to psychic change.
The ten contributors to this book describe work involving the
transference and countertransference, with links frequently made
between such work and psychic change. These are accounts of the
analyst at work, detailed clinical accounts of what can be
considered to be the bread and salt of psychoanalysis, set within a
theoretical framework. The theoretical viewpoints put forth are
varied, encompassing Kleinian, Independent, and Contemporary
Freudian theoretical orientations, and, as such, represent the
varied orientations of the members of the British Psychoanalytic
Association.
The ten contributors to this book describe work involving the
transference and countertransference, with links frequently made
between such work and psychic change. These are accounts of the
analyst at work, detailed clinical accounts of what can be
considered to be the bread and salt of psychoanalysis, set within a
theoretical framework. The theoretical viewpoints put forth are
varied, encompassing Kleinian, Independent, and Contemporary
Freudian theoretical orientations, and, as such, represent the
varied orientations of the members of the British Psychoanalytic
Association.
The psychoanalytic relationship is examined, in its positive and
negative aspects. This includes fine-grained observations and
interpretations as well as broader views of the emotional
relationship with the analyst, with many clinical illustrations.
The psychoanalytic practitioner, as well as the specialist reader,
will find the studies of transference work in this book helpful in
understanding the factors leading toward psychic change and the
working-through of unconscious emotional dilemmas.
The psychoanalytic relationship is examined, in its positive and
negative aspects. This includes fine-grained observations and
interpretations as well as broader views of the emotional
relationship with the analyst, with many clinical illustrations.
The psychoanalytic practitioner, as well as the specialist reader,
will find the studies of transference work in this book helpful in
understanding the factors leading toward psychic change and the
working-through of unconscious emotional dilemmas.
Contributors: Jean Arundale, Debbie Bandler Bellman, Ruth
Berkowitz, Sara Collins, Irene Freeden, Michael Halton, Jan
Harvie-Clark, Viqui Rosenberg, Philip Roys and Jessica Sacret
Hering.
Contributors: Jean Arundale, Debbie Bandler Bellman, Ruth
Berkowitz, Sara Collins, Irene Freeden, Michael Halton, Jan
Harvie-Clark, Viqui Rosenberg, Philip Roys and Jessica Sacret
Hering.