Change in Psychoanalysis: An Analyst’s Reflections on the Therapeutic Relationship

211 Pages·2011·2.57 MB·English

by  Chris Jaenicke

Change in
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Change in
Psychoanalysis
An Analyst’s Reflections on
the Therapeutic Relationship
Chris Jaenicke
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Jaenicke, Chris, 1946-
[Veränderung in der Psychoanalyse. English]
Change in psychoanalysis : an analyst’s reflections on the therapeutic relationship
/ Chris Jaenicke.
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Contents
Acknowledgments / xi
Foreword / xiii
1 New Perspectives in Psychoanalysis / 1
2 Aggression / 35
3 Colliding Worlds of Experience: Two
Therapeutic Encounters / 91
4 The Intersubjective Nature of the Oedipal
Phase and the Post-Oedipal Object / 143
5 Epilogue / 165
References / 179
Index / 183
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