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The Independent Mind in British Psychoanalysis (Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions) - Softcover

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Rayner, Eric

 
9780367371357: The Independent Mind in British Psychoanalysis (Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367371359 ISBN 13: 9780367371357
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Arguably the most informative and readable account of the development of British independent psychoanalysis, Eric Rayner’s The Independent Mind in British Psychoanalysis offers a coherent account of the core concepts that influence the clinical practice. Covering the main themes and theorists with rigour and clarity, it has rightly found a central place on the reading lists of psychoanalytic and psychotherapy trainings, both in the UK and worldwide.

Republished with a new foreword from Maurice Whelan, the book begins with a philosophical and historical background, describing the establishment of the ‘Middle Group’ (later called the Independents) following the controversial discussions between the supporters of Melanie Klein and Anna Freud. The succeeding chapters detail the contributions by Independent psychoanalysts including Fairbairn, Balint, Rickman, Winnicott, Bowlby, and Khan, to themes such as emotions, object relations, sexuality, aggression, perversion, regression, symbolisation, creativity, art, and dreams. Rayner relays the ethos of the Independent psychoanalytic ‘mind’ as tolerant, creative and respectful, with an understanding of the developmental roots of pathology in early relationships and with balanced thinking about the impact of the real environment as well as the internal world on a person’s character.

Providing a thorough exploration of the development of thinking within the tradition of the British Independent school of psychoanalysis, this book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, counsellors, social workers, students, and even non-clinicians interested in the history of psychoanalysis.

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About the Author

Eric Rayner was a Psychoanalyst, a Training Analyst and a Distinguished Fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society. His publications included the classic Human Development and Unconscious Logic: An Introduction to Matte Blanco’s Bi-Logic and its Uses.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367371359
ISBN 13 
9780367371357
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
284