A Framework for the Imaginary: Clinical Explorations in Primitive States of Being

Mitrani, Judith L.

ISBN 10: 1568214790 / ISBN 13: 9781568214795

Published by Jason Aronson Inc, 1977

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Framework for the Imaginary: Clinical Explorations in Primitive States of Being
• Publisher: Jason Aronson Inc
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568214790
• ISBN 13: 9781568214795
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

A depiction of one analyst's efforts to receive and respond to the vivid impressions of patient's raw and sometimes "unmentalised" experiences as they are highlighted in the therapeutic relationship. It integrates the work of Klein, Winnicott, Bion and Tustin.

Review

Dr Mitrani has that gift. Picking up where Tustin and the other pioneers left off, she provides a vivid and satisfying scholarly vision of the earliest mental experience. Rich with clinical example, her findings are presented lucidly and with flair. --Harold N. Boris

Dr Mitrani's focus in the current genre of primitive emotional states is cogent, topical, and imaginatively integrative. She seamlessly weaves her clinical and theoretical threads through a vast array of contributions on the subject (Tustin, Bion, Klein, Winnicott, Bick, Anzieu, Ogden, and so many others), but it is Tustin who is her north star, and this book represents an elegant appreciation of her work as well as an imaginatively creative extension of it. The numerous and beautifully detailed clinical illustrations give the book a high degree of credibility. --James S. Grotstein

'A Framework for the Imaginary' features richly detailed clinical exposition seamlessly alloyed with exceptional scholarship. Dr Mitrani is a gifted teacher, whose steady aim is to augment the clinician's capacity to tolerate and integrate diverse theoretical positions. --Judith K. Welles