Real People, Real Problems, Real Solutions: The Kleinian Psychoanalytic Approach with Difficult Patients

by Waska,Robert

• ISBN13: 9781583917183
• ISBN10: 1583917187
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Real People, Real Problems, Real Solutionsoffers a clear introduction to psychoanalytic practice from a Kleinian perspective and shows how the modern Kleinian works with the most taxing and least conforming of their patients. Illustrated by extensive case material this book: *reviews Freud's original theoretical concepts and examines Klein's contributions to the field of psychoanalysis, clarifying and comparing the two approaches in the clinical setting. *identifies and explores who makes up the psychoanalyst's most challenging case load and demonstrates how the Kleinian psychoanalytic approach is helpful to these individuals. *discusses the current state of traditional methods of training at psychoanalytic institutes, which are shown to be in need of renewal and critical restructuring. Real People, Real Problems, Real Solutionsshows how the average psychoanalyst and psychotherapist face many difficult patients in a typical days work. Together with itsquestioning of what really constitutes psychoanalytic therapy, this is a refreshing read for all practicing and training psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(4)
PART I The approach	5	(22)
1 An overview of the psychoanalytic method: The Freudian model	7	(9)
2 Melanie Klein and the Kleinian approach	16	(7)
3 The Modern Kleinians	23	(4)
PART II The patients: Helping people within an analytic perspective	27	(64)
4 The difficult patient and the psychoanalytic approach	29	(8)
5 Keeping the analytic focus	37	(18)
6 Difficult but worth the effort	55	(12)
7 A mixed bag: The realities of private practice	67	(9)
8 Gone but not forgotten: A new look at difficult cases	76	(15)
PART III Kleinians in the real world	91	(48)
9 Working from the Kleinian perspective	93	(15)
10 The ideal patient and the realities of clinical work	108	(17)
11 Brief and atypical encounters	125	(14)
PART IV Clinical perspectives on theoretical and training paradigms	139	(31)
12 A day in the life of a psychoanalyst	141	(17)
13 How we work and why it matters	158	(12)
Summary	170	(9)
Bibliography	179	(6)
Index	185