On Aggression and Violence: An Analytic Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781403902184 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 272 str.

R Mizen

Opis

Working with aggressive and violent patients is an increasing concern for psychotherapists, counselors and other mental health professionals. The shortcomings of many existing models means that phenomena such as hate, aggression, cruelty and violence are often conflated. In this important new book Mizen and Morris critically review and synthesize current and classic psychoanalytic literature in the area as well as presenting their own coherent and highly practical new model. With its clear clinical focus and emphasis on issues of managing violence in therapy in a range of settings, this book will be essential reading for practitioners and trainees.

Spis treści

The Semiotics of Aggression and Violence.- Psychoanalytic Theories of Aggression and Violence.- Aggression, Violence, Attachment and Psychopathy.- Towards a Theory of Aggression and Violence.- Types of Aggression and Violence.- Aggression, Normal Development and Transference.- Aggression, Violence, Pathology and Transference.- Aggression, Violence and Countertransference.- Aggression, Violence and Sexuality.- Aggression and Violence against the Self.- Aggression, Violence, Institutions and Groups.- Some Incomplete Reflections upon Aggression and Violence.- References.

O autorze

RICHARD MIZEN worked for over twenty years in health and social services in the fields of adult mental health, child protection and forensic psychiatry. He is currently course co-leader for the MSc in Psychological Therapies at the University of Exeter, UK, and in private practice as an analyst and supervisor in Devon. His previous publications include Supervising and Being Supervised: A Theory in Search of a Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002).

MARK MORRIS is a Psychoanalyst who has worked with personality disorder in different settings, including hospitals and prisons, for the past fifteen years. He currently leads a medium secure personality disorder service in Kneesworth House in Cambridgeshire, UK.