Melting the Darkness: The Dyad and Principles of Clinical Practice / Edition 1

by Warren S. Poland author, Melting the Darkness

Overview

Clinician and psychoanalyst Warren S. Poland addresses some of the key questions in the field today. What is an analysis? What is the relationship of the individual patient to the specific analyst and to the work at hand? How can attention to the uniqueness of an individual patient be balanced with the inevitable pressures of the clinical partnership? And, put in the other direction, how can respect for the inevitable imperatives of the dyadic field be balanced with the primacy of the exploration of the patient's mind? How can the interactive context of clinical work be created without compromising the centrality of the search for meanings derivative from unconscious forces within the patient as a singular individual?. Containing clinical examples, this book should be of interest to anyone interested in psychotherapy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781568218168
Publisher:	Aronson, Jason Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/1996
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.48(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.95(d)

Editorial Reviews

Addresses key questions in psychoanalysis today, starting from common experiences in daily clinical practice and asking why each of the two partners in therapy, patient and therapist, behave as they do. Examines emotional space, time, and person, and then demonstrates how these fundamental realities unfold in practical concerns with neutrality, empathy, and tact. Discusses the role of humor in analysis, the problem of long analyses, and the place of action in introspection and insight, and presents an original investigation of the processes buried behind the words a therapist speaks. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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