{"product_id":"the-taming-of-solitude-9780415091541","title":"The Taming of Solitude","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the 2010 Sigourney Award!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychoanalysts would argue that at the root of anxiety about loneliness, which commonly brings people into analysis, lies anxiety about separation, unresolved since childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen re-experienced in analysis, the painful awareness of solitude - the sense of being a separate person - can become a rich source of personal creativity. In \u003cem\u003eThe Taming of Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e, Jean-Michel Quinodoz brings together the views of Freud, Klein, Hanna Segal, W.R.D. Fairbairn, D.W. Winnicott, Anna Freud, Margaret Mahler, Heinz Kohut, John Bowlby and others, presenting a comprehensive approach to the experience of loneliness, a universal phenomenon which can be observed in everyday life and in any therapeutic situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with clarity and insight, \u003cem\u003eThe Taming of Solitude \u003c\/em\u003ewill be of great interest to all psychoanalysts and therapists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Taming of Solitude \u003cem\u003eis well written and a pleasure to read. ... The many paragraph headings allow the reader space to pause and think, and there is a comprehensive bibliography and index. It is an authoritative account of separation anxiety and the ample clinical material gives a glimpse into how Quinodoz works with it. It will certainly be of interest to anyone working with analytical ideas and to interested readers in general.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Psychotherapy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Taming of Solitude \u003cem\u003e(\u003c\/em\u003eLa Solitude Approivsee\u003cem\u003e) is an important work, not only because it provides a precise presentation of the subject and of the existing views on it ... but also because it shows us a psychoanalyst at work, with his concepts, hopes, difficulties and - in a fascinating parallel to the subject of the book - his creative solitude.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- J Manzano, \u003cem\u003ePsychoanalysis in Europe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The author proposes that we reflect on the precious concept of 'buoyancy' ('portance') which he has created to describe the state of the patient who has sufficiently internalized the capacity of the analyst to carry him so that he is able to start carrying himself on his own ... This is a fundamental condition for the taming of solitude and loneliness so that the analysis can leave not only the analyst but also the analysis, and can transfer the experience he has obtained from analysis to his own life ... This is what this beautiful book teaches us\".\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Cleopatre Athanassiou, Rev. Franc. Psychoanal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Taming of Solitude \u003cem\u003eis well written and a pleasure to read. ... The many paragraph headings allow the reader space to pause and think, and there is a comprehensive bibliography and index. It is an authoritative account of separation anxiety and the ample clinical material gives a glimpse into how Quinodoz works with it. It will certainly be of interest to anyone working with analytical ideas and to interested readers in general.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Psychotherapy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"... an excellent resource for psychoanalytic psychotherapy practice. ... comprehensive and thoroughly written book, one that deserves a wide readership.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eReflections,\u003c\/em\u003e Summer 94\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"... an impressive contribution to the development of the psychoanalytic discourse concerning anxieties related to separation and object loss and the transformation of the experience of solitude through the analytic process. ... an important contribution to the development of psychoanalytic theory and technique in this area.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of Psychoanalysis,\u003c\/em\u003e Vol 75, 1994\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews of the French edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Taming of Solitude \u003cem\u003e(\u003c\/em\u003eLa Solitude Approivsee\u003cem\u003e) is an important work, not only because it provides a precise presentation of the subject and of the existing views on it ... but also because it shows us a psychoanalyst at work, with his concepts, hopes, difficulties and - in a fascinating parallel to the subject of the book - his creative solitude.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- J Manzano, \u003cem\u003ePsychoanalysis in Europe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The author proposes that we reflect on the precious concept of 'buoyancy' ('portance') which he has created to describe the state of the patient who has sufficiently internalized the capacity of the analyst to carry him so that he is able to start carrying himself on his own ... This is a fundamental condition for the taming of solitude and loneliness so that the analysis can leave not only the analyst but also the analysis, and can transfer the experience he has obtained from analysis to his own life ... This is what this beautiful book teaches us\".\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Cleopatre Athanassiou, Rev. Franc. Psychoanal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"... The taming of solitude, says Quinodoz, does not mean that anxiety is abolished, but that it is faced so that it can be used in the service of the living...\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Roland Jaccard,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSegal\u003c\/em\u003e, Foreword. \u003cstrong\u003ePart One: Separation Anxiety in Psychoanalytic Practice. \u003c\/strong\u003eSeparation Anxiety in Transference Phantasies. Separation Anxiety Illustrated by a Clinical Example. Approaches to the Interpretation of Separation Anxiety. \u003cstrong\u003ePart Two: The Place of Separation Anxiety and Object-loss. \u003c\/strong\u003eFreud, Separation Anxiety and Object-loss. The Views of Melanie Klein and her School on Separation Anxiety and Object-loss. The Place of Separation Anxiety and Object-loss in the Other Main Psychoanalytic Theories. \u003cstrong\u003ePart Three: Technical Considerations. \u003c\/strong\u003eTransference Interpretations of Separation Anxiety. Physical Pain and Negative Transference. Acting Out and Separation Anxiety. The Psychoanalytic Setting and the Container Function. \u003cstrong\u003ePart Four: The Taming of Solitude. \u003c\/strong\u003eTermination of the Analysis and Separation Anxiety. The Capacity to be Alone, Buoyancy and the Integration of Physical Life. Recapitulation and Conclusions. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018107158871,"sku":"9780415091541","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415091541.jpg?v=1750775652","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-taming-of-solitude-9780415091541","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}