The electrified tightrope

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A collection of exceptional papers by Michael Eigen, selected and assembled by Adam Phillips, that represent 20 years of writing and 30 years of work. The papers examine the tension, caused by the conflict between poise and catastrophe, in the therapeutic relationship. This volume contains a thought-provoking introduction from Adam Phillips and includes introductory notes for the chapters and a detailed Afterword by Michael Eigen.

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Full title :The electrified tightrope / Michael Eigen ; edited by Adam Phillips.

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Publication Date:2004.

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Publisher(s):Karnac
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

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Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 289 pages)

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ISBN:9781849404303, 1849404305
oclc:ocn733944193
LC Classification:RC509
Dewey Decimal:616.89/17

COVER; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Introductory Notes; 1. Abstinence and the Schizoid Ego; 2. Psychopathy and Individuation; 3. The Recoil on Having Another Person; 4. Working with "Unwanted" Patients; 5. Breathing and Identity; 6. The Significance of the Face; 7. Instinctual Fantasy and Ideal Images; 8. Creativity, Instinctual Fantasy, and Ideal Images; 9. Ideal Images, Creativity, and the Freudian Drama; 10. Soft and Hard Qualities; 11. The Area of Faith in Winnicott, Lacan, and Bion; 12. Guntrip's Analysis with Winnicott; 13. Breaking the Frame: Stopping the World.

14. Dual Union or Undifferentiation?15. The Structure of Freud's Theory of Creativity; 16. Demonized Aspects of the Self; 17. Between Catastrophe and Faith; 18. Omnipotence; 19. Mindlessness-Selflessness; 20. Omniscience; Afterword; Credits; Index.

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emotion Émotions Essais Essay Essays Medical personnel and patient Professional-Patient Relations Psychanalyse Psychoanalysis Psychoanalytic Theory Psychoanalytic Therapy -- methods PSYCHOLOGY -- Movements Relations personnel médical-patient