Psychotherapy is undergoing a cultural rejuvenation. The cultural relativism of its developmental and structural postulates has been acknowledged. We are seeing more clearly how ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, religious and linguistic differences between therapists and patients can affect their dialogue in profound ways. Such recognition is welcome accompaniment to an emerging theoretical pluralism, as well as a response to the shifting population patterns throughout the world, and, more specifically the changing demographic make-up of the United States, which is becoming a truly multiethnic...
Psychotherapy is undergoing a cultural rejuvenation. The cultural relativism of its developmental and structural postulates has been acknowledged. We ...
Sibling relationships and rivalry are as old as recorded history. This analysis explores that ambivalence between siblings casts its shadow throughout people's lifetimes and affects their choices of mates, relationships with their own children, and aversions to others.
Sibling relationships and rivalry are as old as recorded history. This analysis explores that ambivalence between siblings casts its shadow throughout...
Akhtar and Kramer (psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College) collect ten contributions that look at the joys, heartaches, benefits and problems of adoption. Drawing on broad clinical and personal experience, they focus on such critical topics as separation-individuation theory, the complexities of bond
Akhtar and Kramer (psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College) collect ten contributions that look at the joys, heartaches, benefits and problems of adopti...
This work analyses the concept of object constancy in the light of developmental research and clinical practice. The clinical implications of disturbances in object constancy are discussed with reference to therapeutic work with both children and adults.
This work analyses the concept of object constancy in the light of developmental research and clinical practice. The clinical implications of disturba...
What is hatred? How does it differ from rage? What are its origins? Is hatred ever rational? Why are some people unable to let go of it while others are completely incapable of feeling it? Eight distinguished psychoanalysts provide the answers to these and other related questions in this tightly organized volume. With the help of clinical vignettes and literary portrayals, these experienced therapists address the emergence of hatred in the clinical situation. They highlight the various purposes served by the patient's hatred including drive discharge, projective identification, defense...
What is hatred? How does it differ from rage? What are its origins? Is hatred ever rational? Why are some people unable to let go of it while others a...
