The Texture of Treatment : On the Matter of Psychoanalytic Technique.

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In simple, jargon-free language, Herbert Schlesinger sets out to demystify technique, to show how it is based on basic principles that are applicable both to psychoanalysis and to the psychotherapies that derive from it. He has little need for conventional theory; rather, he reframes essential analytic notions - transference, resistance, interpretation, regression, empathy - as processes and assigns technique the goal of promoting the patient's activity within the treatment situation. The aim of the analytic therapist is to restore to the patient active control of his own life. Util.  Read more... Introduction1. In the Beginning...Was Technique2. The Systems Approach3. Working Principles of Technique4. Transference and the Process of Interpretation5. Transference and Countertransference6. Resistance7. Dreams: Royal Road or Scenic Route?8. From Listening to Interpretation9. The Process of Defense10. On Therapeutic Activity11. Questioning, Con and Pro12. Responding to Patient's Questions13. The Process Point of View14. The Place of Regression in Psychoanalysis15. The Challenge of Regression16. Severe Regression17. Analyzing in the Middle Phase18. Whether and How to Begin a Psychoanalysis19. The Optimal Therapeutic Relationship20. Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy21. Analyzing and Life Change22. Conclusion: Interpretation and Change