Life Studies in Psychoanalysis: Faces of Love

Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	References
Chapter 1 A Complex Oedipus Complex
	The Rebel
	Surrounded By Dead and Wounded
	A Wake-Up Call
	Just Finish
	Into Analysis
	The Good Father
	Sally
	The Moral Masochist
	Problem Student
	The Aspiring Author
	Biker No More
	Two Steps Back
	Back in Analysis
	Fear and Loathing of the Blank Page
	Art Imitates Life
	The Jesus Delusion
	The Nurse
	Grad School
	Old Habits
	Combat
	His Mother Again
	Accomplice to Murder
	Author! Author!
	After a Pause, Another Phase
Chapter 2 The Little Match Girl
	Settling in
	It Was Ugly
	Penis Envy
	“My Father Promised to Take Me to Paris”
	A Lot of Sex
	A Sadomasochistic Struggle
	Deepening Treatment
	My Intimate Man
	Kicked in the Stomach
	Her Own Parent
	Displaced Again
	An Adopted Myth
	Just Do the Work
	Spankings
	Dating Redux
	Dream Vs. Reality
	The Dating Game
	The Desire for Punishment
	The Last Obstacle
	Giving “Birth”
	Summer Love
	A Greater Capacity to Love
	Coming Into Her Own
	A Wake-Up Call
	A Final Fantasy
	References
Chapter 3 Gatsby
	The Black Sheep
	Exposed
	Shocking News
	I Don’t Think I Killed Her
	Self-knowledge
	However Long It Takes
	Narcissism
	Dark Secrets
	What About Your Sister?
	Trapped Again
	Acceptance
	A Friendly Takeover
	Love’s Executioner
	Another Gatsby?
	Sturm Und Drang
	It Really Is Over
	Exit Strategy
	References
Chapter 4 Reluctance
	Golden Boy No Longer
	Displaying Emotion
	Toe to Toe in the Office
	Playing Doctor
	Lined Up and Shot
	The Competition
	In the Spotlight
	Unfinished Business
	Less of a Man
	Liberation
	Crying Is for Wimps!
	Rites of Passage
	Reference
Conclusion
	A Different Method
	Psychoanalysis
	How Does Analysis End?
	Libido and Love
	References
Index