On Bearing Unbearable States of Mind

This is a problem almost all practising psychoanalysts will face at some time in their career, yet there is very little in the existing literature which offers guidance in this important area.
On Bearing Unbearable States of Mind provides clear guidance on how the analyst can encourage the patient to communicate the quality of their often intolerably painful states of mind, and how he/she can interpret these states, using them as a basis for insight and psychic change in the patient. Employing extensive and detailed clinical examples, and addressing important areas of Kleinian theory, the author examines the problems that underlie severe pathology, and shows how meaningful analytic work can take place, even with very disturbed patients.
On Bearing Unbearable States of Mind will be a useful and practical guide for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, and all those working in psychological settings with severely disturbed patients.

Auteur

Riesenberg-Malcolm, Ruth

Contenu

Roth, General Introduction. Part I: The Internal World in the Transference. Roth, Introduction. The Mirror: A Perverse Sexual Phantasy Seen in a Woman as a Defence Against Psychotic Breakdown. Interpretation: The Past in the Present. The Constitution and Operation of the Superego. Construction as Reliving History. Part II: Defences Against Anxieties of the Depressive Position. Roth, Introduction. Self-punishment as Defence. Technical Problems in the Analysis of a Pseudo-compliant Patient. As-if: The Phenomenon of Not Learning. Hyperbole in Hysteria: 'How Can We Know the Dancer from the Dance.' Pain, Sorrow and Resolution. Part III: Theoretical Refinements. Roth, Introduction. The Three W's: What, Where and When: The Rationale of Interpretation. Conceptualisation of Clinical Facts in the Analytic Process.