The Danger of Change - Couverture souple

Waska, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415385857 ISBN 13 : 9780415385855

Editeur : Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Confusing clinical standoffs, loyalty to self-destruction and abrupt terminations are challenging and under-examined problems for the modern psychoanalytic practitioner. The Danger of Change is a timely book that addresses the so-called resistant patient so many clinicians are familiar with.

Robert Waska blends theory based on Melanie Klein's classical stance with the more contemporary Freudian/Kleinian school, to demonstrate how to understand patients that are resistant to progress. Divided into four sections, this book covers:

• reluctant patients and the fight against change: caught between the paranoid and depressive world
• greed and the dangers of change
• interruptions to the process of change: loss, envy, and the death instinct
• working toward change in the face of overwhelming odds

Extensive and detailed clinical material is used to bring clarity to subjects including symbolism, conflict resolution, projective identification, the depressive and paranoid positions, change and trust.

The Danger of Change brings hope and clarity to cases involving patients who experience progress as a threat to their emotional wellbeing. It will be of great interest to all practising psychoanalysts, as well as those studying psychoanalytic theory and practice.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robert Waska is a Psychoanalyst and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco and Marin County. He is author of several books, including Projective Identification in the Clinical Setting and Real People, Real Problems, Real Solutions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415385857
• ISBN 13: 9780415385855
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible