Crises & Special Problems in Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy. (The Master Work Series)

by Bellak, Leopold

• ISBN13: 9781568213514
• ISBN10: 1568213514
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-10-01
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	xi
I. BASIC PRINCIPLES	3	(84)
The Therapeutic Relationship	5	(7)
Anamnesis and Assessment	12	(12)
Ego Function Assessment and Suitability for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Therapy	24	(17)
The Armamentarium	41	(8)
Special Interventions for Specific Ego Function Deficits	49	(18)
Utilizing External Facilities	67	(9)
Special Problems in Treating Ambulatory Psychotics: Ten Enabling Conditions	76	(11)
II. INTRINSIC PROBLEMS	87	(92)
Panic	89	(10)
Acting-Out: General Propositions	99	(7)
Acting-0ut: General Management	106	(7)
Acting-Out: Specific Types and Their Management	113	(17)
General Transference Problems	130	(8)
General Countertransference Problems	138	(6)
Stalemate	144	(7)
Dissociative Phenomena: Depersonalization, Derealization, Multiple Personality	151	(8)
Depression	159	(10)
Suicidal Danger	169	(6)
Psychotic Manifestations	175	(4)
III. EXTRINSIC CONDITIONS	179	(46)
Actual or Threatened Intercurrent Physical Illness in the Patient	181	(4)
Facing Major Surgery	185	(4)
Experiences of Violence (Mugging, Rape, Accidents)	189	(6)
Pregnancy and Abortion	195	(9)
Financial Reverses and Job Loss	204	(5)
Divorce	209	(7)
Third-Party Involvement	216	(3)
Bereavement and Threat of Death	219	(6)
IV. PROBLEMS OF THE THERAPIST	225	(9)
Intercurrent Events: Marriage, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Divorce, Moving, Threatening or Actual Illness, Death	227	(7)
Problems of Psychotherapy as a Profession	234