Psychic experience and the problems of technique

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Psychic experience and the problems of technique

Harold Stewart ; foreword by Pearl King

(New library of psychoanalysis, 13)

Tavistock/Routledge, 1992

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Volume

ISBN 9780415059749

Description

In "Psychic Experience and Problems of Technique" Stewart draws on his own clinical experience to focus on changes in the patient's experience of inner space, and to record the growth of his own understanding of the patient's experience and how this can change. Beginning with an account of the role of collusion in the myth of Jocasta and Oedipus, he goes on to a theoretical discussion of thinking, dreams, inner space and the hypnotic state, in the context of extensive clinical experience. The second part of the book centres on practical clinical issues and problems of technique, tackling in particular the role of transference interpretations, other agents of change, and the problems encountered in benign and malignant types of regression. The wealth of clinical material and the author's informality and openness in presenting his experiences of working with very disturbed patients should be of interest to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Theory A: On Collusive Relationships. 1: Collusion and the Hypnotic State. 2: Jocasta: Crimes and Collusion. B: Changes in Inner Experience. 3: Changes in the Experiencing of the Dream and the Transference. 4: Changes in the Experiencing of Inner Space. 5: Levels of Experiencing of Thinking. Part 2: TECHNIQUE. C: Issues and Problems in Effecting Psychic Change. 6: Types of Transference Interpretations: An Object Relations View. 7: Problems of Management and Communication. 8: An Overview of Therapeutic Regression. 9: Technique at the Basic Fault and Regression. 10: Interpretation and Other Agents for Psychic Change.
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pbk. ISBN 9780415059756

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Harold Stewart, a distinguished psychoanalyst of more than 30 years' experience, began his medical career as a general practitioner. He was drawn first towards hypnotherapy, then to psychoanalysis, as a more sensitive, productive and far-reaching method of exploring patients' problems. In this book Stewart draws deeply on his own clinical experience to focus on changes in the patient's experience of inner space, and to record the growth of his own understanding of the patient's experience and how this can change. Beginning with a vivid account of the role of collusion in the myth of Jocasta and Oedipus, he goes on to a theoretical discussion of thinking, dreams, inner space and the hypnotic state, in the context of extensive clinical experience. The second part of the book centres on practical clinical issues and problems of technique, tackling in particular the role of transference interpretations, other agents of change, and the problems encountered in benign and malignant types of regression. The wealth of clinical material and the author's informality and openness in presenting his experiences of working with very disturbed patients will be of immense practical value to other practitioners. Psychic Experience and Problems of Technique will help psychoanalysts and psychotherapists to understand the nature of clinical problems which are often encountered but seldom acknowledged.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Part One: Theory. A: On Collusive Relationships. Collusion and the Hypnotic State. Jocasta: Crimes and Collusion. B: Changes in Inner Experience. Changes in the Experiencing of the Dream and the Transference. Changes in the Experiencing of Inner Space. Levels of Experiencing of Thinking. Part Two: Technique. C: Issues and Problems in Effecting Psychic Change. Types of Transference Interpretations: An Object Relations View. Problems of Management and Communication. An Overview of Therapeutic Regression. Technique at the Basic Fault and Regression. Interpretation and Other Agents for Psychic Change.

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  • NCID
    BA13611532
  • ISBN
    • 0415059747
    • 0415059755
  • LCCN
    91010695
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 151 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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