Transforming Lives Analyst and Patient View the Power of Psychoanalytic Treatment

by Schachter, Joseph; Skolnikoff, Alan; Richards, Arlene Kramer; Stern, Jeffrey; Vaughan, Susan C.; Ponsi, Maria; Grusky, Zenobia; Friedman, Henry J.

• ISBN13: 9780765701183
• ISBN10: 0765701189
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-12
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

People's lives can be dramatically transformed by psychoanalysis. Yet the decision to undertake this enterprise can seem so formidable that many deny themselves an extraordinary experience. This book makes that decision--admittedly a complex one--better informed, clearer, and easier. It provides seven detailed case reports, easy to read and free of technical jargon, in which the patients' lives--in their own judgements--were transformed. This is not meant to imply that psychoanalysis always or even usually yields transformative results. These case studies are intriguing in their own right and help the reader think knowledgeably about psychoanalysis and assess its potential as a life-changing enterprise.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(8)
Joseph Schachter
An Early Psychoanalytic Success: Freud's Treatment of the ``Rat Man''	9	(8)
Joseph Schachter
George: Transformation Viewed from a Thirty-Year Follow-Up	17	(16)
Laila: Treatment of a Patient with a Serious Chronic Disease	33	(20)
Watt: A Case of Sexual (Dis-)Orientation	53	(22)
Caroline: ``The Same but Forever Changed''	75	(20)
Sarah: ``This Aplysia. . . Makes Me Sick to My Stomach''	95	(18)
Jacob: Climbing Out of the Dungeon	113	(14)
Andrew: Insecurity, Inferiority, Social Anxiety, and Submissiveness	127	(22)
Strengthening Analysis, Protecting Patients	149	(12)
Zenobia Grusky
Discussion and Conclusion: Seven Analyses	161	(18)
Joseph Schachter
Appendix: Current Concerns about Confidentiality and Permission	179	(2)
Bibliography and Suggested Reading	181	(6)
Index	187	(4)
About the Contributors	191