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Book SynopsisThrough poignant and sometimes painful stories from their personal and professional lives, three practicing psychoanalysts demonstrate the richness of psychodynamic thinking. Each chapter offers an illustrative and powerful personal vignette followed by an analytical reflection that explicates key psychodynamic concepts.
Trade ReviewIn this sequel to
Wearing My Tutu to Analysis, Malawista, Kanefield, and Adelman masterfully weave together poetry, prose, and storytelling in a way that is both disarming and compelling.
When the Garden Isn’t Eden invites psychoanalytically informed engagement with the timely and troubling issues that permeate society. -- Theresa Clement Tisdale, coauthor of
Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Eastern Orthodox Christian Anthropology in DialogueThis highly original book connects the facts of life with the ideas of psychoanalysis in the most creative way possible. These wonderful authors know very well how to find the right stories to reintegrate our frequently split parts and to connect psychoanalysis to human life, and vice versa. -- Stefano Bolognini, past president of the International Psychoanalytical Association
This beautifully written collection teaches more about psychoanalysis than any textbook. By commenting on narratives of emotionally powerful experiences, the authors manage a rare achievement: the intimate and yet scholarly communication of the complexity, beauty, and applicability of psychoanalytic thought. I recommend the book to anyone interested in how the unconscious unceasingly influences human experience. -- Nancy McWilliams, Rutgers University
Open this book and you discover engaging stories that bring psychological theory and practice alive. Clinicians, aspiring clinicians, and the public will marvel at theoretical concepts brilliantly illuminated by touching personal anecdotes. A Garden of Eden for the psychologically curious! -- Sandra Buechler, author of
Psychoanalytic Approaches to Problems in Living: Addressing Life's Challenges in Clinical PracticeThis treasure of a book is a gift to us all. The authors have done a superb job of illustrating both key psychoanalytic concepts and the way that analysts think and work by means of stories and clinical vignettes that are as delightful as they are informative. They have made an invaluable contribution to our field. -- Ted Jacobs, author of
The Possible Profession: The Analytic Process of ChangeKerry Malawista, Linda Kanefield and Anne Adelman bring their perceptive and wise sensibilities to this subtly sophisticated introduction to psychoanalytic ideas for the interested public and mental health workers. This book is a worthy follow-up to the unforgettable
Wearing my Tutu to Analysis. -- Rosemary H. Balsam, author of
Women’s Bodies in PsychoanalysisTable of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: Clinical Thoughts1. When the Garden Isn’t Eden (Analysts Reflect on Somatic Memory)
2. A Visitation (Analysts Reflect on the Uncanny)
3. One Ping at a Time (Analysts Reflect on Mentalization)
4. What Are You Thinking? (Analysts Reflect on Projective Identification)
5. Three More Days (Analysts Reflect on Identification)
Part II: Development6. What Lurks Under the Bed (Analysts Reflect on Separation Anxiety)
7. Butterfly Bandage (Analysts Reflect on Death of a Parent in Childhood)
8. Saving Swifty (Analysts Reflect on Sibling Rivalry)
9. Betrayal (Analysts Reflect on Adolescence Derailment)
10. Solid State (Analysts Reflect on Aging)
Part III: Therapeutic Listening 11. Lost Cat (Analysts Reflect on Need for Attunement)
12. Intoxicating Power (Analysts Reflect on Expansion of Empathy)
13. Stepping Over the Threshold (Analysts Reflect on Timing and Tact)
14. Ugly Shoes (Analysts Reflect on Reverie)
15. The Limo Ride (Analysts Reflect on Self-Disclosure)
Part IV: Transitions and Challenges16. I Can’t Believe It’s True (Analysts Reflect on Frozen Grief)
17. Mucking the Stall (Analysts Reflect on Sexual Abuse)
18. Take Her Blood (Analysts Reflect on Recognizing Resilience)
19. On Thin Ice (Analysts Reflect on White Privilege and Othering)
20. Virtual Mourning (Analysts Reflect on Remote Connections)
Conclusion: The Bridge
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index
