Description: Further DetailsTitle: Moments of Uncertainty in Therapeutic PracticeCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: Interpreting Within the Matrix of Projective Identification, Countertransference, and EnactmentISBN-10: 0231151535EAN: 9780231151535ISBN: 9780231151535Publisher: Columbia University PressRelease Date: 11/08/2011Description: One of therapy's greatest challenges is the moment of transference, when a patient unconsciously transfers emotion or desire to a new and present object--in some cases the therapist. During the course of treatment, a patient's projections and the analyst's struggle to divert them can stress, distort, or contaminate the therapeutic relationship. It may lead to various forms of enactment, in which the therapist unconsciously colludes with the client in interpretation and treatment, or it can lead to projective identification, in which the client imposes negative feelings and behaviors onto the therapist, further interfering with analysis and intervention. Drawing on decades of clinical case experience, Robert Waska leads practitioners through the steps of phantasy and transference mechanisms and their ability to increase, oppose, embrace, or neutralize analytic contact. Operating from a psychoanalytic perspective, he explains how to cope professionally with moments of transference and maintain an objective interpretive stance within the ongoing matrix of projective identification, countertransference, and enactment.Each chapter discusses a wide spectrum of cases and clinical situations, describing in detail the processes that invite a playing out of the patient's phantasies and the work required to reestablish balance. Refreshingly candid, Waska recognizes the imperfections of analysis yet reaffirms its potential for greater psychological integration and stability for the patient. He acknowledges the limits and frequent roadblocks of working with difficult patients, such as those who suffer from psychic retreat, paranoid phantasies, and depressive anxieties, yet he indicates an effective path for resetting the clinical moment and redirecting the course for treatment.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Robert WaskaGenre: Society & CultureTopic: MedicineRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Moments of Uncertainty in Therapeutic Practice
Title: Moments of Uncertainty in Therapeutic Practice
Subtitle: Interpreting Within the Matrix of Projective Identification, Coun
ISBN-10: 0231151535
EAN: 9780231151535
ISBN: 9780231151535
Release Date: 11/08/2011
Release Year: 2011
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Medicine
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Moments of Uncertainty in Therapeutic Practice : Interpreting Within the Matrix of Projective Identification, Countertransference, and Enactment
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Movements / Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy / General, General
Publication Year: 2011
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Psychology
Author: Robert Waska
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback