Langbeschreibung
The need for a concise, comprehensive guide to the main principles and practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy has become pressing as the psychoanalytic movement has expanded and diversified. An introductory text suitable for a wide range of courses, this lively, widely referenced account presents the core features of contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice in an easily assimilated, but thought-provoking manner. Illustrated throughout with clinical examples, it provides an up-to-date source of reference for a wider range of mental health professionals as well as those training in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy or counselling.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Theory; Part 1 Introduction: History and Controversy; Part 2 Models of the Mind; Part 3 Origins of the Internal World; Part 4; Part 5 Transference and Countertransference; Part 6 Dreams, Symbols, Imagination; Part 7 Practice; Part 8 The Assessment Interview; Part 9 The Therapeutic Relationship; Part 10 Clinical Dilemmas; Part 11 Psychoanalytic Contributions to Psychiatry; Part 12 Research in Psychoanalysis;