Book description
This work presents a vision of contemporary Freudian psychoanalysis.
The contributors show how modern Freudian analysts have translated and
retranslated the contributions of analysts on whose shoulders they
stand, including Freud, Winnicott, Loewald, Ferenczi and others, and
synthesized them into a new conception of Freudian theory and technique.
The opening chapters provide a theoretical overview, demonstrating the
evolution of Freudian theory and ways in which different theories can be
integrated. The latter chapters, forming the bulk of the volume,
translate that frame into clinical process. Analysts confronted with
clinical dilemmas - for example, patients who cannot, for various
reasons, use interpretations productively - find ways to address these
dilemmas while deepening the analytic process. The reader will find that
a new synthesis has taken place in which the relationship with the
analyst is a crucial element in setting the stage for patients to take a
closer look into their inner world. This detailed examination of the
clinical techniques that were implied but not developed by past analysts
has led to a new Freudian synthesis, which is the unique contribution of
this volume.
