Introducing Psychoanalysis: Essential Themes and TopicsSusan Budd, Richard Rusbridger Introducing Psychoanalysis brings together leading analysts to explain what psychoanalysis is and how it has developed, setting its ideas in their appropriate social and intellectual context. Based on lectures given at the British Psychoanalytic Society, the contributions capture the diversity of opinion among analysts to provide a clear and dynamic presentation of concepts such as:
Frequently misunderstood subjects are demystified and the contributors' wealth of clinical and supervisory experience ensures that central concepts are explained with refreshing clarity. Clinical examples are included throughout and provide a valuable insight into the application of psychoanalytic ideas. This overview of the wide variety of psychoanalytic ideas that are current in Britain today will appeal to all those training and practicing in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, as well as those wishing to broaden their knowledge of this field. |
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... conflict between impulses arising in one part of the mind and defences against these impulses . His first model of the mind had been based on repression . What we cannot stand to think or remember , we learn to repress from ...
... Conflict between what we want and what we learn is unacceptable to want is built into the structure of psychological development almost from birth . The biggest lesson we learn is that gratification may come at a price , and sometimes ...
... conflict and a malfunctioning or failed defence mechanism . It can be said therefore that neurosis is due to the failure of defence . It was the study of neurosis that first brought the defences to Freud's attention . Specifically , he ...
... conflict are then concealed : for instance , a person who harbours intense unconscious aggression against specific others may , through a reaction - formation , develop the general character trait of being pitiful and compassionate ...
... conflict ( the sexual or aggressive idea and its prohibition ) are excluded from consciousness . What we have instead is a normally clean , tidy , conscientious , caring , etc. person who is unconflictedly so . Freud thought that non ...
Contents
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Envy and its relationship to guilt and projective identification 59 | 59 |
PART 2 | 75 |
Symbol formation and the construction of the Inner World | 95 |
Sexuality and the formation of identity | 123 |
The feminine | 142 |
The Oedipus complex II | 166 |
PART 4 | 181 |
Projective identification | 200 |
PART 5 | 227 |
Trauma and the possibility of recovery | 246 |
Index 263 | |
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Introducing Psychoanalysis: Essential Themes and Topics Susan Budd,Richard Rusbridger Limited preview - 2005 |