Crises and Special Problems in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

Crises and Special Problems in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Author: Leopold Bellak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1994
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781568213514

This text focuses on the special problems and situations that can affect the course of treatment of patients: these include acting out, panic states, experiences of illness, pregnancy and abortion, job loss, divorce and violence. For each, case illustrations and management techniques are offered.

Turning Points in Dynamic Psychotherapy

Turning Points in Dynamic Psychotherapy
Author: Salman Akhtar
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0429909179

This book addresses five areas of difficulty in psychotherapy: initial assessment, boundaries, money, disruptions, and suicidal crises. It outlines the conceptual issues and the technical details of each of the concept in detail.

Selected Papers of Salman Akhtar

Selected Papers of Salman Akhtar
Author: Salman Akhtar
Publisher: Phoenix Publishing House
Total Pages: 4296
Release: 2023-06-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1800131577

Salman Akhtar is a Professor of Psychiatry, a Training and Supervising Analyst, a member of numerous editorial boards, winner of many awards, including the highly prestigious Sigourney Award, a writer of several hundred articles, a poet, and the author or editor of over one hundred books. A modern-day Renaissance man, his elegant writing is simultaneously scholarly and literary and brings a light touch to profound material. Phoenix Publishing House is proud to present his most inspiring works in a stunning ten-volume hardback set, fit to grace the shelves of collectors and libraries with its high-quality finish.

The Crisis in Psychoanalysis

The Crisis in Psychoanalysis
Author: Ahmed Fayek
Publisher: BookPros, LLC
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1934454354

The field of psychoanalysis is on the brink of extinction. With the declining numbers of classical analysts, the field has become inundated with mediocre theories, making it difficult to discern what psychoanalysis really is. In The Crisis in Psychoanalysis, Dr. Ahmed Fayek traces the destruction of psychoanalysis to the decline of Freudian doctrine, and proposes that only through a rediscovery of the core principles that make up of Freudian doctrine - principles that Freud himself did not adequately articulate - can this crisis be resolved. With experience as both a practitioner and a training and supervising analyst, Fayek offers scholars and members of the psychoanalytic community a comprehensive account of the state of the field - past and present - and paves the way for the rebirth of a lost doctrine.

Short-term Psychotherapy and Emotional Crisis

Short-term Psychotherapy and Emotional Crisis
Author: Peter Emanuel Sifneos
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1972
Genre: Anxiety
ISBN: 9780674807204

Peter Sifneos describes a type of active and brief psychotherapeutic intervention which he believes is tremendously useful for selected patients with circumscribed emotional difficulties. The therapist assists the patient in defining the conflict underlying his dilemma and helps him learn to solve his emotional problems. As a result of this novel educational experience, the patient is able to use these newly acquired techniques to deal with other hazardous situations after the end of treatment. Indeed, the author maintains, the treatment is similar to an immunization procedure that enables certain individuals to prevent the development of emotional difficulties in the future. Dr. Sifneos describes two forms of this short-term therapy, "crisis-intervention" and anxiety-provoking--with emphasis on the latter--and presents in detail the theoretical background, criteria for selection of appropriate patients, technique, and illustrative case material.

The Crisis of Psychoanalysis

The Crisis of Psychoanalysis
Author: Erich Fromm
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2023-12-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1504093062

“This book is must reading . . . although it will at times shock and perhaps even offend the sensibilities of traditional therapists.” —American Journal of Psychiatry This book brings together Erich Fromm’s basic statements on the application of psychoanalytic theory to social dynamics. At the same time, it offers an image of man consonant with the hopes of radical humanism. The Crisis of Psychoanalysis is a collection of nine brilliant essays. Although his work is deeply rooted in Freudian theory, Fromm further develops Freud’s doctrines by including both social and ethical dimensions, and applies his discoveries and insights to address the problems we face in society at large. “This collection is a fine representative sampling from a lucid, humane, always attractive writer.” —Kirkus Reviews “Highly recommended.” —Library Journal

Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1550
Release:
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Author:
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 28
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Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Author: Fredric N. Busch, M.D.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-08-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1615373241

Whereas psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy have traditionally avoided focusing too much on specific symptoms or problems--lest they interfere with free association--this new guide articulates the value of more active and symptom-focused interventions. Having worked on focused psychodynamic treatments of panic disorder, depression, trauma, and behavioral change, Fredric Busch, M.D. expands on that work here, articulating how a focused approach can be adapted for patients in general. Drawing on a wealth of case vignettes, the book describes how to apply Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (PrFPP) to symptoms, personality issues, behavioral problems, and relationship difficulties. It provides novice and experienced clinicians alike with the tools they need to help patients identify problem areas and understand how specific dynamics emerge in different contexts and overlap in contributing to issues. The psychodynamic techniques readers will glean in these pages demonstrate how to rapidly address core difficulties, expanding patients' self-reflective capacities and the identification of their own dynamics--even in the case of short-term interventions.

Psychoanalysis and Ecology at the Edge of Chaos

Psychoanalysis and Ecology at the Edge of Chaos
Author: Joseph Dodds
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2012-03-12
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1136585958

This book argues that psychoanalysis has a unique role to play in the climate change debate through its placing emphasis on the unconscious dimensions of our mental and social lives. Exploring contributions from Freudian, Kleinian, Object Relations, Self Psychology, Jungian, and Lacanian traditions, the book discusses how psychoanalysis can help to unmask the anxieties, deficits, conflicts, phantasies and defences crucial in understanding the human dimension of the ecological crisis. Yet despite being essential to studying environmentalism and its discontents, psychoanalysis still remains largely a 'psychology without ecology.' The philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari, combined with new developments in the sciences of complexity, help us to build upon the best of these perspectives, providing a framework able to integrate Guattari's 'three ecologies' of mind, nature and society. This book thus constitutes a timely attempt to contribute towards a critical dialogue between psychoanalysis and ecology. Further topics of discussion include: ecopsychology and the greening of psychotherapy our ambivalent relationship to nature and the non-human complexity theory in psychoanalysis and ecology defence mechanisms against eco-anxiety and eco-grief Deleuze|Guattari and the three ecologies becoming-animal in horror and eco-apocalypse in science fiction films nonlinear ecopsychoanalysis. In our era of anxiety, denial, paranoia, apathy, guilt, hope, and despair in the face of climate change, this book offers a fresh and insightful psychoanalytic perspective on the ecological crisis. As such this book will be of great interest to all those in the fields of psychoanalysis, psychology, philosophy, and ecology, as well as all who are concerned with the global environmental challenges affecting our planet's future.