{"product_id":"catch-them-before-they-fall-9780415637206","title":"Catch Them Before They Fall","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this exploration of a radical approach to the psychoanalytical treatment of people on the verge of mental breakdown, Christopher Bollas offers a new and courageous clinical paradigm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe suggests that the unconscious purpose of breakdown is to present the self to the other for transformative understanding; to have its core distress met and understood directly. If caught in time, a breakdown can become a breakthrough. It is an event imbued with the most profound personal significance, but it requires deep understanding if its meaning is to be released to its transformative potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBollas believes that hospitalization, intensive medication and CBT\/DBT all negate this opportunity, and he proposes that many of these patients should instead be offered extended, intensive psychoanalysis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to clinicians who find that, with patients on the verge of breakdown, conventional psychoanalytical work is insufficient to meet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Broken Selves. Signs of Breakdown. Guidelines. Emily. Anna. Mark. Histories and the Apres Coup.Time. Emotional Experience. Reflection, Explanation and Working Through.Psychic Change. Conclusion. Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018177184087,"sku":"9780415637206","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415637206.jpg?v=1750775904","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/catch-them-before-they-fall-9780415637206","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}