Primitive Experiences of Loss : Working with the Paranoid-Schizoid Patient

ISBN-13: 9781855752603 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 216 str.

Robert Waska

Opis

A penetrating discussion of such issues as projective identification, symbolization, transference and countertransference from a Kleinian perspective.

Spis treści

Preface , Introduction , The Contributions of Projective Identification and Symbolization , Theoretical issues , Greed, self-starvation, and the quest for safety , Idealization, devaluation, and the narcissistic stance , Vulnerability, union, and the return of the bad object , Love, hate, and the dread of impending annihilation , Loss and primitive methods of relating: difficulties in the analytic encounter , Maintenance of hope: the working-through process , Primitive Loss and the Masochistic Defence , Theoretical issues , Working with the concrete thinking of narcissism , Transference and countertransference , Grievance and the paranoid–schizoid experience , Summary and conclusions

O autorze

Robert Waska