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Book SynopsisIntersubjective Processes and the Unconscious looks at how the minds of the therapist and the patient interact with each other in a profound and unconscious way: a concept first described by Freud.
This book expands Freud's ideas further and examines how these have been greatly elaborated by contributions from the Kleinian School as well as from the work of Bion. It explores how, together, patient and therapist co-create a narrative through these unconscious intersubjective processes. Topics of discussion include:
- the unconscious dimensions of intersubjective processes
- an historical overview of Freudian, Kleinian and Bionian contributions
- an integrated theory of the nature of unconscious intersubjective processes
- the central importance of dreaming in intersubjective processes
- the clinical implications of this intersubjective model
The author offers in-depth clinical examples and case vignettes to illu
Trade Review
"Lawrence Brown’s work is a tour de force. It is an invaluable and timely work on one of the most important, if not the most important, paradigm changes in analytic technique to date. His work is quantitatively encyclopaedic in its range, and qualitatively is pleasingly and eloquently written."
James S. Grotstein, from the foreword
"Lawrence Brown’s work is a tour de force. It is an invaluable and timely work on one of the most important, if not the most important, paradigm changes in analytic technique to date. His work is quantitatively encyclopaedic in its range, and qualitatively is pleasingly and eloquently written."
James S. Grotstein, from the foreword
Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Analyzing Instrument: Unconscious Communication and Classical Psychoanalysis. Klein, Bion and Intersubjectivity: Becoming, Transforming and Dreaming. The Ego Psychology of Wilfred Bion: Implications for an Intersubjective View of Psychic Structure. Intersubjectivity and Unconscious Process: An Integrated Model. Intersubjectivity and the Internalized Oedipal Couple. Julie’s Museum: The Evolution of Thinking, Dreaming and Historicization in the Treatment of Traumatized Patients. The Triadic Intersubjective Matrix in Supervision. On Dreaming One’s Patient: Reflections on an Aspect of Countertransference Dream. Conclusions and Reflections: Dreaming the Future. References.
