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The 2nd Edition of Introduction to the Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, the highly successful practice-oriented handbook designed to demystify psychoanalytic psychotherapy, is updated and revised to reflect the latest developments in the field.

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"This text is a thorough, thoughtful and academically rigorous approach to Freudian and Kleinian thinking today." (Therapy Today, May 2016)



Table of Contents

About the Author vii

Preface ix

Introduction: Is Freud Dead? 1

1 Brave New Worlds: A Psychoanalysis Fit for the Twenty-First Century 12

2 An Overview of the Schools of Psychoanalysis: Theory and Practice 28

3 The Process of Psychic Change 75

4 The Analytic Setting and the Analytic Attitude 94

5 Assessment and Formulation 128

6 Unconscious Communication 169

7 Defences and Resistance 194

8 Transference and Countertransference 219

9 Working with Endings 269

Conclusion: The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist at Work 292

References 302

Index 327

Introduction to the Practice of Psychoanalytic

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 30/10/2015
      ISBN13: 9781118788837, 978-1118788837
      ISBN10: 1118788834

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The 2nd Edition of Introduction to the Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, the highly successful practice-oriented handbook designed to demystify psychoanalytic psychotherapy, is updated and revised to reflect the latest developments in the field.

      Trade Review

      "This text is a thorough, thoughtful and academically rigorous approach to Freudian and Kleinian thinking today." (Therapy Today, May 2016)



      Table of Contents

      About the Author vii

      Preface ix

      Introduction: Is Freud Dead? 1

      1 Brave New Worlds: A Psychoanalysis Fit for the Twenty-First Century 12

      2 An Overview of the Schools of Psychoanalysis: Theory and Practice 28

      3 The Process of Psychic Change 75

      4 The Analytic Setting and the Analytic Attitude 94

      5 Assessment and Formulation 128

      6 Unconscious Communication 169

      7 Defences and Resistance 194

      8 Transference and Countertransference 219

      9 Working with Endings 269

      Conclusion: The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist at Work 292

      References 302

      Index 327

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