The Psychoanalytic Therapy of Severe Disturbance

ISBN-13: 9780367106195 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 268 str.

Paul Williams

Opis

This book presents the proceedings of the of the conference on the Psychoanalytic Therapy of Severe Disturbance held in Belfast in June 2008.The aim of the conference was to offer a state of the art communication of the key psychoanalytic thinking and approaches to the conceptualisation and treatment of severe disturbance. The result of a unique gathering of the most eminent psychoanalysts in the field with insights into their work on personality disorder, psychotic states and the nature and function of suicidal ideation. This book will be of interest to mental health professionals - psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers and nurses who have an interest in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

Spis treści

Foreword , Welcome , The therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder , Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) , The mentalization based approach to psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder , Psychoanalytic group therapy with severely disturbed patients: Benefits and challenges , The fiend that sleeps but does not die: Toward a psychoanalytic treatment of the addictions , Some considerations about the psychoanalytic conceptualisation and treatment of psychotic disorders , “First you were an eyebrow” and “How do I know that my thoughts are my thoughts?” , Pre-suicide states of mind , Individual and large-group identities: Does working with borderline patients teach us anything about international negotiations? , Plenary Discussion

O autorze

Paul Williams