There couldn’t be a more appropriate method for illustrating the dynamics of psychoanalysis than the vehicle of story. In this book, Kerry L. Malawista, Anne J. Adelman, and Catherine L. Anderson share amusing, poignant, and sometimes difficult stories from their personal and professional lives, inviting readers to explore the complex underpinnings of the psychoanalytic profession and its esoteric theories. Through their narratives, these practicing analysts show how to incorporate psychodynamic concepts and identify common truths at the root of shared experience. Their approach demystifies dense material and the emotional consequences of deep clinical work. The book covers psychodynamic theory, the development of ideas, various techniques, the challenges of treatment, and the experiences of trauma and loss. Each section begins with a brief memoir by one of the authors and leads into a discussion of related concepts. Overall the text follows a developmental trajectory, opening with stories from early childhood and concluding with present encounters. The result is a unique approach enabling the absorption of psychodynamic concepts as they unfold across the life span.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Theory
1. Popped
Analysts Reflect on Screen Memories
2. Play with Me
Analysts Reflect on Symbolic Representation
3. The Calling
Analysts Reflect on Magical Thinking
4. New Furniture
Analysts Reflect on Superego Development
5. Woodbridge
Analysts Reflect on Dream Theory
6. Wearing My Tutu to Analysis
Analysts Reflect on Transference and Enactment
Part II: Development
7. Ode to a Tissue
Analysts Reflect on Transitional Objects and Phenomena
8. Mommy Broke It!
Analysts Reflect on Castration Anxiety
9. Bumps and All
Analysts Reflect on Early Adolescence
10. First Party
Analysts Reflect on Emergent Adolescent Sexuality
11. Custodial Care
Analysts Reflect on the Transition to Adulthood
12. Nestled
Analysts Reflect on Motherhood as a Developmental Phase
Part III: Technique
13. Graham Crackers
Analysts Reflect on Beginning the Treatment
14. In My Eyes
Analysts Reflect on the Holding Environment
15. How to Save a Life
Analysts Reflect on Interpretation and Insight
16. Friends of the Heart
Analysts Reflect on Termination
Part IV: Treatment Challenges
17. Joining the Pain
Analysts Reflect on Countertransference
18. The Taxi
Analysts Reflect on Race and Racism
19. My Best Friend, Fiona
Analysts Reflect on Boundary Violations in Treatment
Part V: When the World Shatters
20. Into the Kitchen
Analysts Reflect on a Patient’s Memory of Trauma and Betrayal
21. The Bird Box
Analysts Reflect on Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma
22. Phantom Limb
Analysts Reflect on Immediate Loss
23. The Question
Analysts Reflect on Memory and Grief
Conclusion
References
Index
About the author
Kerry L. Malawista is a training/supervising analyst with the Contemporary Freudian Society. She is co-chair of the New Directions Writing Program and is in private practice in Potomac, Maryland, and Mc Lean, Virginia.Anne J. Adelman is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst with the Co ntemporary Freudian Society. She is a faculty member of the New Directions Writing Program and maintains a private practice in Chevy Chase, Maryland.Catherine L. Anderson is a psychologist and psychoanalyst with the Contemporary Freudian Society. She is co-chair of the New Directions Writing Program and practices in Bethesda, Maryland.
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