Psychic Experience and Problems of Technique: 13 (The New Library of Psychoanalysis) - Hardcover

Stewart, Harold

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415059747 ISBN 13: 9780415059749

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"... an excellent investment for the analytic candidate in training. It is free of jargon, terms are lucidly explained and illustrated with rich clinical material. Any mental health practitioner who works intensively with individuals will also benefit from reading this collection of articles. The paperback volume that I reviewed is destined to become one of my most dog-eared reference texts." - American Journal of Psycholtherapy

"I warmly recommend this book as the complex issues of theory and technique are of interest to all psycho-analysts. Stewart writes with a great clarity of style, and I think his thoughts will be enjoyed regardless of one's own theoretical position." - International Forum of Psychoanalysis

About the Author

Harold Stewart is a Training Analyst of the Brisith Psycho-Analytical Society, and Chairman of its Eduction Committee. He was, until his recent retirement, Consultant Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415059747
• ISBN 13: 9780415059749
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176