Contemporary Controversies in Psychoanalytic Theory, Techniques, and Their Appli

Description

In this important book, esteemed psychoanalyst Otto F. Kernberg reviews some of the recent developments and controversies in psychoanalytic theory and technique. Gathering together both previously published articles and extensive new material, Dr. Kernberg examines such issues as the new psychoanalytic views of homosexuality, bisexuality, and the influence of gender in the analytic relationship. He explores the application of psychoanalysis to non-clinical fields, including the problem of psychoanalytic research and its clinical implications, the validation of psychoanalytic interventions in the clinical process, and the challenges of psychoanalytic education. He shows how psychoanalysis can be helpful in addressing such cultural problems as socially sanctioned violence. And he asserts the continued relevance of object relations theory and its compatibility with Freud’s dual drive theory. Contents Preface Part One. Theory and Applications 1. Freud’s Theories and Their Contemporary Variations 2. Psychoanalytic Object Relations Theories 3. The Concept of Drive in the Light of Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theorizing 4. Unresolved Issues in the Psychoanalytic Theory of Homosexuality and Bisexuality 5. Mourning and Melancholia Revisited 6. Resistances to Research in Psychoanalysis 7. Authoritarianism, Culture, and Personality in Psychoanalytic Education 8. A Concerned Critique of Psychoanalytic Education 9. Some Proposed Complementary Solutions to the Problems of Psychoanalytic Education 10. Sanctioned Social Violence: A Psychoanalytic View 11. Some Psychoanalytic Contributions to the Prevention of Socially Sanctioned Violence Part Two. Technique 12. Listening in Psychoanalysis: The Importance of Not Understanding 13. The Analyst’s Authority in the Psychoanalytic Situation 14. Validation in the Clinical Process 15. The Interpretation of the Transference (with Particular Reference to Merton Gill’s Contribution) 16. The Influence of the Gender of Patient and Analyst on the Psychoanalytic Relationship 17. Convergences and Divergences in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Technique 18. Recent Developments in the Technical Approaches of English-Language Psychoanalytic Schools References Index