The Analytical Process
Journeys and Pathways
1st Edition
Published on 13. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-1-78220-448-0 (ISBN)
Description
The term 'psychoanalytical process', though occurring but rarely in Freud's works, has become firmly established nowadays despite being hard to define, explain, or pin down in conceptual or meta-psychological terms. Although it is often employed as equivalent to 'psychoanalytic work', currents of thought that draw on the idea display a certain ambivalence, for it can relate both to a theory of treatment (the practice of analysis) and to a theory of mind (a theory of psychic functioning).Before developing his own original perspectives about the consequences of the heterogeneity of psychic functioning, Thierry Bokanowski examines how various practitioners have approached this subject since Freud. He shows how each has shed useful new light on this issue, leading to a diversity of points of view, thereby justifying the idea of the 'process' within psychoanalytic treatment.
Reviews / Votes
'Thierry Bokanowski's latest book builds a bridge between several cultures and generations of the Freudian practice. He follows Meltzer's option to target the psychoanalytic process in order to explore every aspect of mental functioning during the psychoanalytic treatment: object relations, identifications, narcissism, trauma, transference and countertransference, and negativity. He examines the development of these, both in neurotic and non-neurotic personality structures. As an outstanding clinician, Bokanowski presents theoretical issues experienced in his day-to-day practice.'- Florence Guignard, full member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA), and author of Quelle psychanalyse pour le XXIe siecle?'This book has a double importance, both as is an extension of the theory and of the clinical practice of the analytical process. It is a reference book for students of psychoanalysis and should be included in the curriculum of all psychoanalytic training institutes.'- Sergio Lewkowicz, MD, training and supervising psychoanalyst of the Porto Alegre Psychoanalytical Society, BrazilMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78220-448-0 (9781782204480)
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Person
Thierry Bokanowski is a founding member and training and supervising analyst of the Societe Psychanalytique de Paris, and a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). He is a former editor of 'La Revue francaise de Psychanalyse', former member of the IPA Publications Committee, former Scientific Secretary to the Institut de Paris, and currently chairs the Executive Committee of the Commission d'Enseignement de la Societe Psychanalytique de Paris. He has published several papers in various psychoanalytical journals, including the 'International Journal of Psychoanalysis'. His books include 'Sandor Ferenczi', and 'De la pratique analytique', translated under the title 'The Practice of Psychoanalysis'.
Content
Series Editor's Foreword , Introduction , Some preliminary observations , Apprehending psychoanalytic treatment and processes , Representing the psychoanalytic process , Contributions by certain authors , Initial encounters , Movements and changes , The nature of defence mechanisms and anxieties , The heterogenous nature of psychic functioning , Transferences , Sandor Ferenczi: a negative transference somewhere between transference love and love for psychoanalysis , Esther, or a transference love which dare not speak its name , Psychic homosexuality and transference , Negativising transference , A historical example of negativising transference: the "young Russian" known as "the Wolf Man" , Narcissism and the psychoanalytic process , Different levels of listening , Mr E , The process as a combination of suffering, pain, and pleasure , The analytic process and the question of trauma , Conclusion