Remarks on the History of BPSI
by Anton O. Kris, M.D. May 28th, 2008 Remarks on the History of BPSI for the Celebration of the 75th Anniversary Howard asked me to say a few words about the history of our Society-Institute in celebration of our 75th Anniversary. A whole afternoon was devoted to this topic in 1958, at the 25th anniversary, recorded in Ives Hendrick’s book: The Birth of An Institute. So you won’t expect me to do justice to the topic in the very few minutes we can allot to it tonight. Hendrick’s review – amazingly readable, despite its detailed account –...
read moreBetween Winnicott and Lacan: A Clinical Engagement
Lewis A. Kirshner, MD New York: Routledge, 2011 D. W. Winnicott and Jacques Lacan, two of the most innovative and important psychoanalytic theorists since Freud, are also seemingly the most incompatible. And yet, in different ways, both men emphasized the psychic process of becoming a subject or of developing a separate self, and both believed in the possibility of a creative reworking or new beginning for the person seeking psychoanalytic help. The possibility of working between their contrasting perspectives on a central issue for...
read moreA Disturbance in the Field: Essays in Transference-Countertransference Engagement
Steven H. Cooper, PhD Routledge, 2010 The field, as Steven Cooper describes it, is comprised of the inextricably related worlds of internalized object relations and interpersonal interaction. Furthermore, the analytic dyad is neither static nor smooth sailing. Eventually, the rigorous work of psychoanalysis will offer a fraught opportunity to work through the most disturbing elements of a patient’s inner life as expressed and experienced by the analyst – indeed, a disturbance in the field. How best to proceed when such tricky yet...
read moreIndividualizing Gender and Sexuality: Theory and Practice
Nancy J. Chodorow, PhD Routledge, 2012 In Individualizing Gender and Sexuality, Nancy J. Chodorow examines the complexity and uniqueness of each person’s personal creation of sexuality and gender and the ways that these interrelate with other aspects of psychic and cultural life. She brings theoretical agility, wide-ranging interdisciplinarity, and clinical experience to every chapter. The book reflects on on Freud, Melanie Klein, and contemporary writers, including Chodorow’s own previous work. It addresses contemporary...
read moreIntersubjectivity and Unconscious Processes: An Integration of Freudian, Kleinian and Bionian Perspectives
Lawrence J. Brown, PhD NY: Routledge, 2011 Intersubjective Processes and the Unconscious looks at how the minds of the therapist and the patient interact with each other in a profound and unconscious way: a concept first described by Freud. This book expands Freud’s ideas further and examines how these have been greatly elaborated by contributions from the Kleinian School as well as from the work of Bion. It explores how, together, patient and therapist co-create a narrative through these unconscious intersubjective processes. Topics of...
read moreBreaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction
Lance M. Dodes, MD Harper Perennial, 2011 Finally—a road map to recovery from the nation’s most original thinker on addiction In his revolutionary book The Heart of Addiction, Dr. Lance Dodes examined the underlying emotions that drive addictive behaviors—whether undergoing drugs and xanax rehab, drinking, gambling, sex, or eating. Now, in Breaking Addiction, Dodes presents a comprehensive guide outlining seven critical steps to overcome addiction, based on his findings. Through his practice and research, Dodes has found that...
read moreBoundaries: A New Way To Look At The World
Ernest Hartmann, MD SIRCC, 2011 In this book Hartmann discusses many kinds of boundaries, including both psychological boundaries, and those outside us. His group has done research over many years showing that boundaries can be measured, and that different sorts of boundaries are connected n surprising ways. Our boundaries are related to our personal relationships, groups and entire societies, and the relations among nations. They are important in Art, Science, Religion and Philosophy. And there is a striking relationship between boundaries...
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