Enactment
Toward a New Approach to the Therapeutic Relationship
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 1998
210 pages
978-1-4616-2828-6 (ISBN)
Description
For many therapists it has replaced previous action terms such as acting in and acting out. Something new has been captured by this concept: a recognition of a process that may involve words but goes beyond words. For some, enactment addresses a continuous undercurrent in the interaction between patient and therapist in the realm of intersubjectivity. Others ask whether this concept adds either clarity or a new perspective to the clinical situation. This volume addresses the questions: Does the current focus on enactments entail a shift in our model of therapeutic change? Are enactments essential? Can they be dangerous, and if so, under what circumstances? Enactment is essential reading for all psychotherapists.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-4616-2828-6 (9781461628286)
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Persons
Steven J. Ellman, Ph.D., is Past Co-Chair of the Independent Psychoanalytic Societies. He is Past President and Program Chair of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) in New York City, Professor in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at the City University of New York, and faculty member and supervisor in the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. His books include Freud's Technique Papers: A Contemporary Perspective, The Mind in Sleep and The Neurobiological and Developmental Basis for Psychotherapeutic Intervention. Dr. Ellman is in private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in New York City.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Editors and Contributors
- Introduction
- 1. Freud's Struggle with Enactment
- 2. General Problems of Acting Out
- 3. Countertranference and Role-Responsiveness
- 4. Acting Out: A Reconsideration of the Concept
- 5. On Countertransference Enactments
- 6. Clinical and Theoretical Aspects of Enactment
- 7. The Evocative Power of Enactments
- 8. The Role of Countertransference Enactment in a Successful Clinical Psychoanalysis
- 9. Between the Scylla and Charybdis of Psychoanalytic Interaction: A Discussion of Owen Renik's Chapter
- 10. Enactment: What is it and Whose is it?
- 11. Is Enactment a Useful Concept?
- 12. Enactments Leading to Insight for Patient, Therapist, and Supervisor
- 13. The Fixity of Action in Character Enactments: Finding a Developmental Regression
- 14. Enactment, Transference, and Analytic Trust
- Credits
- Index
