{"product_id":"contemporary-psychoanalysis-in-america-leading-analysts-present-their-work-9781585622320","title":"Contemporary Psychoanalysis in America: Leading Analysts Present Their Work ","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a unique and superb gateway to current psychoanalytic thinking. Thirty of America's foremost psychoanalysts—leaders in defining the current pluralistic state of the profession—have each presented what they consider to be their most significant contribution to the field. No mere anthology, these are the key writings that underlie current discussions of psychoanalytic theory and technique. \u003c\/p\u003e \t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eThe chapters cover contemporary ideas of intersubjectivity, object relations theory, self psychology, relational psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, clinical technique, changing concepts of unconscious, empirical research, infant observation, gender and sexuality, and more. While the differences in point of view are profound, there is also a striking coherence on some core issues. Each of the contributions features an introduction by the volume editor and a note by the author explaining the rationale for its selection. The brilliant introduction by Peter Fonagy provides an overview and places each author in the context of contemporary psychoanalysis. \u003c\/p\u003e \t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eA list of the authors may convey the astonishing breadth of this volume:\u003cbr\u003eBrenner, Bromberg, Busch, Chodorow, Cooper, Emde, Friedman, Gabbard, Goldberg, Greenberg, Grossman, Hoffman, Jacobs, Kantrowitz, Kernberg, Levenson, Luborsky, Michels, Ogden, Ornstein, Person, Pine, Renik, Schafer, Schwaber, Shapiro, Smith, Stern, Stolorow, Wallerstein\u003c\/p\u003e \t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eThis is a \"best of the best\" volume—cutting-edge writing, highly accessible and studded with vivid clinical illustrations. Anyone wishing to acquire a comprehensive, authoritative, readily accessible—even entertaining—guide to American psychoanalytic thinking will find their goal fulfilled in this monumental collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters encompass the broadly ranging currents of contemporary analytic thinking while serving the useful purpose of drawing these seminal papers together under a single cover. Students of psychoanalytic theory and practice will appreciate this collection as a useful compendium of current mainline perspectives in psychoanalysis.\u003c\/p\u003e * Bulletin of Menninger Clinic *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[\u003ci\u003eContemporary Psychoanalysis in America\u003c\/i\u003e] is an excellent and much needed book. With the advent of self psychology and ego psychology's loss of dominance, there has been an explosion of new theories and ideas in the mainstream. This book does a wonderful job of bringing together all of these, from intersubjectivity to infant psychology, in one easily accessible format. I would highly recommend this to anyone in the field of psychoanalysis or psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e * Doody's Book Review Service *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Walking Among Giants\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Conflict, compromise formation and structural theory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Treating patients with symptoms—and symptoms with patience: reflections on shame, dissociation, and eating disorders\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. \"In the neighborhood\": aspects of a good interpretation and a \"developmental lag\" in ego psychology\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Heterosexuality as a compromise formation: reflections on the psychoanalytic theory of sexual development\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The narcissistic-masochistic character\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Mobilizing fundamental modes of development: empathic availability and therapeutic action\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Ferrum, ignis, and medicina: return to the crucible\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Miscarriages of psychoanalytic treatment with suicidal patients\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Between empathy and judgment\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Conflict in the middle voice\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The self as fantasy: fantasy as theory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Ritual and spontaneity in the psychoanalytic process\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. On misreading and misleading patients: some reflections on communications, miscommunications, and countertransference enactments\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. The external observer and the lens of the patient-analyst match\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Recent developments in the technical approaches of English-language psychoanalytic schools\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. The pursuit of the particular: on the psychoanalytic inquiry\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. A relationship pattern measure: the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. Psychoanalysts' theories\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. The analytic third: implications for psychoanalytic theory and technique\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. Chronic rage from underground: reflections on its structure and treatment\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. Knowledge and authority: the godfather fantasy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. The four psychologies of psychoanalysis and their place in clinical work\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23. Playing one's cards face up in analysis: an approach to the problem of self-disclosure\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24. Narration in the psychoanalytic dialogue: psychoanalytic theories as narratives\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25. The struggle to listen: continuing reflections, lingering paradoxes, and some thoughts on recovery of memory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26. On reminiscences\u003cbr\u003eChapter 27. Countertransference, conflictual listening, and the analytic object relationship\u003cbr\u003eChapter 28. Some implications of infant observations for psychoanalysis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 29. World horizons: a post-Cartesian alternative to the Freudian unconscious\u003cbr\u003eChapter 30. One psychoanalysis or many?\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Psychiatric Association Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863460774231,"sku":"9781585622320","price":70.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781585622320.jpg?v=1759920668","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contemporary-psychoanalysis-in-america-leading-analysts-present-their-work-9781585622320","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}