Description
Book SynopsisUsing data from infant observation, and child, adolescent, and adult analyses, the author explicate a multidimensional, developmental theory of sadomasochism. He provides an introduction to reformulation of the therapeutic alliance, and their distinctive contributions to the transformations of memory and the termination of treatment.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Beating Fantasies in Children Chapter 2 The Essence of Masochism Chapter 3 Masochism and the Delusion of Omnipotence from a Developmental Perspective Chapter 4 Postoedipal Transformations: Latency, Adolescence, and Pathogenesis Chapter 5 Projection and Externalization Chapter 6 Varieties of Transference in the Analysis of an Adolescent Chapter 7 Externalization as a Pathological Form of Relating: The Dynamic Underpinnings of Abuse Chapter 8 Attempted Suicide in Adolescence: The Suicide Sequence Chapter 9 A "Boo Warning": Ego Disruption in an Abused Little Girl Chapter 10 "I Hate You for Saving My Life": Borrowed Trauma in the Analysis of a Young Adult Chapter 11 Talking with Toddlers Chapter 12 Negative Therapeutic Motivation and Negative Therapeutic Alliance Chapter 13 Deciding on Termination: The Relevance of Child and Adolescent Analytic Experience to Work with Adults Chapter 14 Termination: A Case Report of the End Phase of an "Interminable" Analysis Chapter 15 Sadomasochism and the Therapeutic Alliance: Implications for Clinical Technique
