A Clinician’s Guide to Understanding and Using Psychoanalysis in Practice

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Credits List
Introduction – Projective Identification, Counter-Transference and the Destructive Superego
	Key Concepts in My Approach: Projective Identification, Counter-Transference and the Destructive Superego
		Projective Identification
		Counter-transference
		The Destructive Superego
	Therapeutic Technique in My Approach
	Summaries of Parts of the Book
		Part I Depression
			Chapter 1 The Destructive Superego and Depression
		Part II Death
			Chapter 2 Dependency, Loneliness and Death
			Chapter 3 Fears of Death and Fears of Dying
		Part III Psychosis
			Chapter 4 Violence and Psychosis
			Chapter 5 Grief and Psychosis – The First Year of Therapy With J
			Chapter 6 Encounters With a Psychotic Superego – The Second Year of Therapy With J
			Chapter 7 Struggles to Contain Madness – The Third Year of Therapy With J
			Chapter 8 Mourning Omnipotence – The Fourth Year of Therapy With J
		Part IV Life
			Chapter 9 War
			Chapter 10 The Holocaust
			Chapter 11 Entitlement
			Chapter 12 Sexual Identity
	Notes
	References
Part I Depression
	Chapter 1 The Destructive Superego and Depression
		Introduction
		The Relationship Between the Ego and the Superego
		Clinical Illustrations of the Emancipation of the Ego From the Dominance of a Destructive Superego
			1. Mrs D – a Case Study From Britton
			2. Mrs A – A Case Study From My Practice
		Concluding Reflections About Therapeutic Technique
		References
Part II Death
	Chapter 2 Dependency, Loneliness and Death
		Introduction
		Dependency
		Loneliness
		Death
		Concluding Reflections
		References
	Chapter 3 Fears of Death and Fears of Dying
		Introduction
		Fears of Dying
		Fears of Death
		Ending Therapy
		Concluding Reflections On Death and Dying
		References
Part III Psychosis
	Chapter 4 Violence and Psychosis
		Introduction
		Violence and Projective Identification
		Fear of Separateness and Fear of Closeness
		The Importance of Father Or a Third Figure
		Concluding Reflections
		References
	Chapter 5 Grief and Psychosis – The First Year of Therapy With J
		Introduction
		The First Year With J
		Concluding Reflections On the First Year
		References
	Chapter 6 Encounters With a Psychotic Superego – The Second Year of Therapy With J
		Introduction
		The Second Year
		Concluding Reflections On the Second Year
		References
	Chapter 7 Struggles to Contain Madness – The Third Year of Therapy With J
		Introduction
		The Third Year of Therapy
		Concluding Reflections On the Third Year
		References
	Chapter 8 Mourning Omnipotence – The Fourth Year of Therapy With J
		Introduction
		The Ending of the Therapy in the Fourth Year
		Concluding Reflections
		A Post Script
		References
Part IV Life
	Chapter 9 War
		A Precis of No Man’s Land
		Some Reflections
	Chapter 10 The Holocaust
		A Precis of the Novel
		Some Reflections
		References
	Chapter 11 Entitlement
		A Precis of the Novel
		Some Reflections
		My Epilogue
		References
	Chapter 12 Sexual Identity
		References
Appendix 1 Some Kleinian Concepts
	Internal Objects
	The Paranoid-Schizoid Position
	The Depressive Position
Appendix 2 Psychoanalytic Studies of Psychosis Which Informed My Work
References
Index