The Future of Psychoanalysis

Addresses the problem of multiple theories of psychoanalysis, arguing for a return to Freud.The Future of Psychoanalysis explores the contemporary problem of multiple theories of psychoanalysis and argues for a return to a more classical position based on Freud’s work. Using his training in psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and philosophy, Richard D. Chessick examines the special combination of hermeneutics and natural science that characterizes Freud’s psychoanalysis, and investigates what goes on in the mind of the psychoanalyst during the psychoanalytic process. He maintains that while relativistic and intersubjective theories of psychoanalysis have value, they have gone too far and generated a plurality of theories removed from Freud, which has led to chaos in the field. The Future of Psychoanalysis challenges these trends and places this debate in the context of current mind/brain controversies and unresolved questions about human nature.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Chessick, Richard D.

Psychology & Counseling

State Univ of New York Pr

Aimed at students and the general reader, this book ably introduces Nietzsche and his ideas to the modern audience. 142 pages.

A Brief Introduction to the Genius of Nietzsche

Univ Pr of Amer

Using a phenomenologic as well as a psychoanalytic approach, Dr. Chessick explores the viewpoints of philosophers, psychoanalysts, cultural historians, artists, and others on the issue of creativity and emotional illness. His phenomenologic approach is based on Sartre's notion of each individual's "project," while his psychoanalytic approach is influenced by the traditional conceptions of Freudian psychoanalysis as well as object relations theory and self psychology. This volume has appeal for psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and psychologists with an interest in psychodynamic issues, for clinicians who treat artists, and for philosophers, literary critics, cultural historians, and students of any of these disciplines.

Emotional Illness and Creativity: A Psychoanalytic and Phenomenologic Study

Mental Health

Psychosocial Pr

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The Technique and Practice of Intensive Psychotherapy

Jason Aronson, Inc.

An overview and comparison of the various and changing psychoanalytic conceptualisations of narcissim, focusing particularly on Kohut's theories. Covering diagnostic, psychodynamic and treatment issues, this volume addresses the philosophical issues behind the controversies in the field.

Psychology of the Self and the Treatment of Narcissism

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Great ideas in psychotherapy

J. Aronson

Intensive Psychotherapy of the Borderline Patient (Intensive Psychothe Borderline Pa C)

Technique and Practice of Listening in Intensive Psychotherapy

For experienced professionals, and those in various stages of training. Written in narrative form, proceedings from abandonment neurosis to working through entries are plain-spoken and tailored for clinical utility. The text also functions as an overview of practical problems in psychotherapy, and includes biographical profiles of many important theorists. --Book News

Dictionary for Psychotherapists: Dynamic Concepts in Psychotherapy

Questions assumptions about what it is to be a human being by examining the ideas of thinkers such as Foucault, Winnicott, Lacan and Jaspers. Chessick combines succinct summaries of the writings of these European thinkers with critical commentaries.

What Constitutes the Patient in Psycho-Therapy: Alternative Approaches to Understanding

History

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