Desire, Self, Mind, and the Psychotherapies Unifying Psychological Science and Psychoanalysis

by Curtis, R. Coleman

• ISBN13: 9780765705969
• ISBN10: 0765705966
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-26
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

Adelphi Univ., Garden City, NY. First volume in a series presents an integrated theory of psychological science and contemporary psychoanalysis. Topics include heteroclitics and psychology and psychointegration. For mental health professionals. eBook ISBN, 9780765706102.

Author Biography

R. Coleman Curtis is professor at Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, and faculty and supervisor, W.A. White Institute

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Heteroclitics and Psychology	p. 1
Desire (and Its Discontents)	p. 15
The Charioteer and the Two Horses: The Self and Its Representations	p. 35
The Boogie-Woogie Rumble of Unconscious Processes: The Mind in Psychoanalysis and Psychology	p. 59
Big, Bad Blinks: What Happens to Threatening Information and What Is Selected for Conscious Processing	p. 85
Abandonment of the Interpretation-Insight Model and the Tsunami of the New Experiences Model of Change	p. 105
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processes: Focusing on the Experiencing Self	p. 127
Toward Psychointegration: Going to Africa	p. 151
The Affective Revolution and the Creative Unconscious: Two Areas of Convergence	p. 185
Summary: Toward a Unifed Paradigm for a Psychoanalytically Informed Psychological Science	p. 199
References	p. 201
Index	p. 257
About the Author	p. 265
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