Relational and Intersubjective Perspectives

This volume is the first concentrated effort to offer a philosophical critique of relational and intersubjective perspectives in contemporary psychoanalytic thought. The distinguished group of scholars and clinicians assembled here trace the theoretical underpinnings of relational psychoanalysis, its divergence from traditional psychoanalytic paradigms, and the broader implications for clinical reform and therapeutic practice. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Introduction: Relational and Intersubjective Trends in Psychoanalysis

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Jon Mills

I: Theoretical Considerations

1 Intersubjectivity: From Theory through Practice

3

(32)

Roger Frie and Bruce Reis

2 Phenomenology of Intersubjectivity: A Historical Overview and Its Clinical Implications

35

(36)

M. Guy Thompson

3 The Problem of Relationality

71

(26)

Jon Frederickson

4 Subjectivity and the Ephemeral Mind

97

(20)

Peter L. Giovacchini

5 Object Relations and Intersubjectivity

117

(14)

Philip Giovacchini

II: Treatment Perspectives

6 Creation and Discovery in the Psychoanalytic Process

131

(22)

Frank Summers

7 Moral Deliberation and Relationality in the Analytic Dyad

153

(22)

Timothy J. Zeddies

8 Somnolence in the Therapeutic Encounter: Benign and Pathognomonic Features in the Treatment of Trauma

175

(26)

David L. Downing

III: Alternative and Postmodern Paradigms

9 Where Do We Go from Here? Relational Psychoanalysis, Intersubjectivity, and the Struggle against Positivism

201

(22)

Marilyn Nissim-Sabat

10 Relational Perspectives and the Strong Adaptive Paradigm of Communicative Psychoanalysis

223

(32)

Robert Langs

11 The Autobiographical Dialogue in the Dialogue between Analysts: Introductory Notes on the Use of Relational and Intersubjective Perspectives in Conference Space

255

(24)

Gershon J. Molad and Judith E. Vida

12 Process Psychology

279

(32)

Jon Mills

IV: Critique and Commentary

13 Psychoanalysis, the Relational Turn, and Philosophy

311

(34)

Robert S. Wallerstein

Index

345

(12)

About the Contributors

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Relational and Intersubjective Perspectives in Psychoanalysis A Critique

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