Contemporary Psychoanalysis in America

by Cooper, Arnold M.

• ISBN13: 9781585622320
• ISBN10: 158562232X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING INC

Summary

This book is a unique and superb gateway to current psychoanalytic thinking. Thirty of America's foremost psychoanalysts-leaders in defining the current pluralistic state of the profession-have each presented what they consider to be their most significant contribution to the field. No mere anthology, these are the key writings that underlie current discussions of psychoanalytic theory and technique. The chapters cover contemporary ideas of intersubjectivity, object relations theory, self psychology, relational psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, clinical technique, changing concepts of unconscious, empirical research, infant observation, gender and sexuality, and more. While the differences in point of view are profound, there is also a striking coherence on some core issues. Each of the contributions features an introduction by the volume editor and a note by the author explaining the rationale for its selection. The brilliant introduction by Peter Fonagy provides an overview and places each author in the context of contemporary psychoanalysis. A list of the authors may convey the astonishing breadth of this volume:Brenner, Bromberg, Busch, Chodorow, Cooper, Emde, Friedman, Gabbard, Goldberg, Greenberg, Grossman, Hoffman, Jacobs, Kantrowitz, Kernberg, Levenson, Luborsky, Michels, Ogden, Ornstein, Person, Pine, Renik, Schafer, Schwaber, Shapiro, Smith, Stern, Stolorow, Wallerstein This is a "best of the best" volume-cutting-edge writing, highly accessible and studded with vivid clinical illustrations. Anyone wishing to acquire a comprehensive, authoritative, readily accessible-even entertaining-guide to American psychoanalytic thinking will find their goal fulfilled in this monumental collection.

Author Biography

Arnold M. Cooper, M.D., is Stephen P. Tobin and Dr. Arnold M. Cooper Professor Emeritus in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York City.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Preface
Arnold M. Cooper, M.D	xiii
Introduction: Walking Among Giants
Peter Fonagy, Ph.D., F.B.A.	xvii
1 Charles Brenner, M.D.	1	(20)
Conflict, Compromise Formation, and Structural Theory	5	(16)
2 Philip M. Bromberg, Ph.D	21	(24)
Treating Patients With Symptoms—and Symptoms With Patience: Reflections on Shame, Dissociation, and Eating Disorders	25	(20)
3 Fred Busch, Ph.D.	45	(26)
"In the Neighborhood": Aspects of a Good Interpretation and a "Developmental Lag" in Ego Psychology	49	(22)
4 Nancy J. Chodorow, Ph.D.	71	(38)
Heterosexuality as a Compromise Formation: Reflections on the Psychoanalytic Theory of Sexual Development	77	(32)
5 Arnold M. Cooper, M.D.	109	(24)
The Narcissistic-Masochistic Character	111	(22)
6 Robert N. Emde, M.D	133	(30)
Mobilizing Fundamental Modes of Development: Empathic Availability and Therapeutic Action	137	(26)
7 Lawrence Friedman, M.D	163	(20)
Ferrum, Ignis, and Medicina: Return to the Crucible	167	(16)
8 Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.	183	(22)
Miscarriages of Psychoanalytic Treatment With Suicidal Patients	187	(18)
9 Arnold Goldberg, M.D.	205	(16)
Between Empathy and Judgment	207	(14)
10 Jay R. Greenberg, Ph.D .	221	(18)
Conflict in the Middle Voice	225	(14)
11 William I. Grossman, M.D.	239	(18)
The Self as Fantasy: Fantasy as Theory	241	(16)
12 Irwin Z. Hoffman, Ph.D.	257	(30)
Ritual and Spontaneity in the Psychoanalytic Process	261	(26)
13 Theodore J. Jacobs, M.D	287	(30)
On Misreading and Misleading Patients: Some Reflections on Communications, Miscommunications, and Countertransference Enactments	291	(26)
14 Judy L. Kantrowitz, Ph.D	317	(20)
The External Observer and the Lens of the Patient-Analyst Match	321	(16)
15 Otto F. Kernberg, M.D	337	(28)
Recent Developments in the Technical Approaches of English-Language Psychoanalytic Schools	341	(24)
16 Edgar A. Levenson, M.D.	365	(18)
The Pursuit of the Particular: On the Psychoanalytic Inquiry	367	(16)
17 Lester Luborsky, Ph.D	383	(18)
A Relationship Pattern Measure: The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme Lester Luborsky, Ph.D., and Paul Crits-Christoph, Ph.D.	387	(14)
18 Robert Michels, M.D	401	(18)
Psychoanalysts' Theories	403	(16)
19 Thomas H. Ogden, M.D.	419	(26)
The Analytic Third: Implications for Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique	423	(22)
20 Paul H. Ornstein, M.D.	445	(20)
Chronic Rage From Underground: Reflections on Its Structure and Treatment	449	(16)
21 Ethel Spector Person, M.D.	465	(24)
Knowledge and Authority: The Godfather Fantasy	469	(20)
22 Fred Pine, Ph.D.	489	(26)
The Four Psychologies of Psychoanalysis and Their Place in Clinical Work	493	(22)
23 Owen Renik, M.D	515	(18)
Playing One's Cards Face Up in Analysis: An Approach to the Problem of Self-Disclosure	517	(16)
24 Roy Schafer, Ph.D.	533	(30)
Narration in the Psychoanalytic Dialogue: Psychoanalytic Theories as Narratives	537	(26)
25 Evelyne Albrecht Schwaber, M.D.	563	(26)
The Struggle to Listen: Continuing Reflections, Lingering Paradoxes, and Some Thoughts on Recovery of Memory	567	(22)
26 Theodore Shapiro, M.D	589	(26)
On Reminiscences	593	(22)
27 Henry F. Smith, M.D	615	(22)
Countertransference, Conflictual Listening, and the Analytic Object Relationship	619	(18)
28 Daniel N. Stern, M.D.	637	(30)
Some Implications of Infant Observations for Psychoanalysis
Daniel N. Stern, M.D., and the Boston Change Process Study Group	641	(26)
29 Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D	667	(24)
World Horizons: A Post-Cartesian Alternative to the Freudian Unconscious
Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D., Donna M. Orange, Ph.D., Psy.D., and George E. Atwood, Ph.D	671	(20)
30 Robert S. Wallerstein, M.D.	691	(30)
One Psychoanalysis or Many?	695	(26)
Index	721