For much of its history, psychoanalysis has been strangely silent about sudden ruptures in the analytic relationship and their immediate and far-reaching effects for those involved. Such issues of betrayal and abandonment the death of an analyst, a patient s suicide, an ethical violation disrupt the stability and cohesion of the analytic framework and leave indelible marks on both individuals and institutions alike.

In "Traumatic Ruptures" an international range of contributors present first-person, highly personal and sometimes painful accounts of their experiences and the occasionally...

For much of its history, psychoanalysis has been strangely silent about sudden ruptures in the analytic relationship and their immediate and far-reaching effects for those involved. Such issues of betrayal and abandonment - the death of an analyst, a patient's suicide, an ethical violation - disrupt the stability and cohesion of the analytic framework and leave indelible marks on both individuals and institutions alike.

In Traumatic Ruptures an international range of contributors present first-person, highly personal and sometimes painful accounts of their experiences and the...