{"product_id":"commitment-and-compassion-in-psychoanalysis-selected-papers-of-edward-m-weinshel-9781138005730","title":"Commitment and Compassion in Psychoanalysis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of his distinguished career, Edward Weinshel has been a moral and intellectual force in contemporary psychoanalysis and an outspoken opponent of current trends in and out of the field toward dehumanization and deindividualization.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommitment and Compassion in Psychoanalysis\u003c\/em\u003e, under the editorship of Robert Wallerstein, brings together 14 of Weinshel''s major papers.  The six clinical papers reprinted in this collection address the kaleidoscope of common personality organizations and propensities which, in their extreme variants, motivate individuals to seek psychoanalytic assistance, covering topics that include neurotic equivalents of necrophilia, negation, lying, gaslighting (brainwashing), perceptual distortion during analysis, and inconsolability.  These clinical expositions are supplemented by eight theoretical papers in which Weinshel gives expression to the metapsychological paradigm of ego pyschology as it existed in t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShengold\u003c\/em\u003e, Edward M. Weinshel: A \u003cem\u003eMensch\u003c\/em\u003e for All Seasons. \u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Clinical Papers.\u003c\/strong\u003e On Certain Neurotic Equivalents of Necrophilia (1972, with Victor Calef). \"I Didn't Mean It\": Negation as a Character Trait (1977). Some Observations on Not Telling the Truth (1979). Some Clinical Consquences of Introjection: Gaslighting (1981, with Victor Calef). Perceptual Distortions During Analysis: Some Observations on the Role of the Superego in Reality Testing (1986). On Inconsolability (1989). \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Theoretical Papers.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Ego in Health and Normality (1970). The Transference Neurosis: A Survey of the Literature (1971). Reporting, Nonreporting, and Assessment in the Training Analysis (1973, with Victor Calef). The Analyst as the Conscience of the Analysis (1980, with Victor Calef). Some Observations on the Psychoanalytic Process (1984). Further Observations on the Psychoanalytic Process (1990). How Wide is the Widening Scope of Psychoanalysis and How Solid Is Its Structural Model? Some Concerns and Observations (1990). Therapeutic Technique in Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (1992).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019447370071,"sku":"9781138005730","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138005730.jpg?v=1750780297","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/commitment-and-compassion-in-psychoanalysis-selected-papers-of-edward-m-weinshel-9781138005730","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}