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Book SynopsisWhat exactly happens between the patient and the analyst when therapy is effective? Profoundly unsatisfied by the orthodox but vague explanation that "the therapeutic factor is the relationship", the author Giorgio Tricarico explores a hypothesis that is able to comprehend many different methods of both therapy and analysis. Starting from his own clinical experience, Tricarico runs into the image of the classical labyrinth (Daidalon) and a deeper analysis of what this symbol implies, revealing it as a symbol of "Possibility". The worldwide presence in different cultures and ages of the labyrinth as such a symbol may indeed point to the existence of an element beyond it, whose activation in the relationship between patient and analyst could be a fundamental factor for psychic change. Different methods of cure, seen through the lenses of the hypothesis expressed, may share a common factor of transformation. With the help of clinical cases, the concept of "impossibility" in analysis is also explored. Situations in which every change seems to be impossible compel us to widen our concept of possibility and to return to its original meaning, far away from the omnipotent one the Western world blindly keeps repeating.
Trade Review'This is an optimistic book by an original new voice on the psychoanalytic scene. Giorgio Tricarico adds his voice to those of us who, like Jung, emphasise the prospective, teleological elements in the human psyche, our inherent longings for a full realisation of the potentials latent in the self, emergent around the constellating impact of important relationships in the interpersonal environment. By embracing the psyche's potential for self-realisation and the life-quickening effect of relationship on the activation of our full possibilities as humans, Giorgio Tricarico places himself squarely in the tradition of some of my favourite writers and mentors, including Jung.'- Donald E. Kalsched, from the Foreword
Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR FOREWORD - Donald E. KalschedPREFACE TO THE ITALIAN EDITION PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION PART I: MAIN THEME CHAPTER ONE Tuning - questions CHAPTER TWO First tunes - the labyrinth between archaeology, etymology, and symbology CHAPTER THREE Main theme - PossibilityPART II: CHORUS CHAPTER FOUR Main verses - Possibility, right to existence, and ego complex CHAPTER FIVE Chorus - possible comparisons PART III: MIDDLE-EIGHT CHAPTER SIX Theory and ethicsPART IV: DEVELOPMENT AND CLOSING CHORDS CHAPTER SEVEN Developing the theme - Possibility, Impossibility, and individuation CHAPTER EIGHT Closing chords - Possibility and Limit CONCLUSION Suspended cadence NOTES REFERENCES INDEX
