Melting the Darkness: The Dyad and Principles of Clinical Practice
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1568218168 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Clinician and psychoanalyst Warren S. Poland addresses some of the key questions in the field today. Containing clinical examples, this book should be of interest to anyone interested in psychotherapy.. What is an analysis? What is the relationship of the individual patient to the specific analyst and to the work at hand? How can attention to the uniqueness of an individual patient be balanced with the inevitable pressures of the clinical partnership? And, put in the other direction, how can respect for the inevitable imperatives of the dyadic field be balanced with the primacy of the exploration of the patient's mind? How can the interactive context of clinical work be created without compromising the centrality of the search for meanings derivative from unconscious forces within the patient as a singular individual?
Melting the Darkness Speaks to Professionals and Patients Melting the Darkness is a book intended for professionals, but it speaks to patients, too. It was recommended to me by my own analyst after my ongoing questions about how the "dyad" works. The "dyad," for other non professionals considering this book, is the relationship between the analyst and patient. The dyad is now seen as a key (perhaps THE key) instrument of healing a psyche. I was astonished to see my own feelings spelled out in this book, feelings understood by analysts in general. Those of us in an
Poland's organizing question is why each of the two partners, patient ad therapist, behaves as he or she does, how it is that each is pushed toward merger with the other and simultaneously pulled toward separating self-distinction. . Poland addresses some of the key questions in the field today. Solidly rooted in appreciation of the power of unconscious forces, Poland integrates new appreciation of intersubjective engagements and interactions with classical concern for exploration of the unconscious. From the Back Cover Starting from common experiences in daily clinical practice rather than from