Recidivist Victims in Psychoanalysis

The Attachment to Suffering and the Hope for Repair
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-28557-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Relational Perspectives Book Series

This groundbreaking book explores the understudied phenomenon of victimization recurrence, introducing the clinically robust concept of the recidivist victim and translating it into an innovative diagnostic tool: the Clinical Spectrum of Recidivist Victims, developed from over twenty years of clinical practice.

Drawing from extensive psychotherapeutic experience and doctoral research in forensic psychology, Dr. Rojas presents a relational psychoanalytic framework that maps the range of psychological positions individuals may occupy in relation to repeated harm — from those who remain caught in recurrent victimization without awareness, to those who have moved out of victimization as an organizing position in their lives. Each position within the spectrum is clinically characterized through its subjective, relational, and embodied dimensions. Using embodied language, the book interweaves theoretical foundations with clinical vignettes and personal narratives, offering clear concepts and practical tools for addressing traumatic repetition without reducing it to willpower or individual deficit.

Written with depth, sensitivity, and ethical commitment, this book is intended for clinicians, researchers, and practitioners, as well as for anyone who believes they are —or have been — caught in recurring patterns of victimization and seeks to understand them without judgment.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rojas, Tahirí

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychodynamische Psychotherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: The Subject Who Repeats: Clinical Foundations Of Recurrence Chapter 1: The Repetition of Harm: The Clinical Enigma of the Recidivist Victim Part II: Clinical Spectrum Of Recidivist Victims Chapter 2: Recidivist Victims in Full Chapter 3: Recidivist Victims Trying to Stop Being Victims Chapter 4: Recidivist Victims Who Have Stopped Being So Chapter 5: When the Stone Becomes Part of Every Step: A Contemporary Reading of the Compulsion to Repeat Part III: Echoes Of Trauma: The World That Repeats Chapter 6: Echoes of Trauma: The World That Repeats Part IV: What Can Change Chapter 7: Desire as a Fissure: When Another Life Becomes Thinkable. Clinical Work with Recidivist Victims Part V: Borderline And Ambivalent Cases Chapter 8: The Fragile Threshold: When Desire Is Not Enough Chapter 9: When Leaving Hurts More Than Staying: The Return with Guilt Chapter 10: The Body That Remembers and What Still Trembles Epilogue References

Über Autor(innen)

Tahirí Rojas is a Clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, PhD in Human Sciences, and Clinical Consultant at The KonTerra Group. She grounds her work in the close, attentive listening of the therapeutic bond. Her post-doctoral training in contemporary psychoanalysis and her experience as a migrant enrich a broad and sensitive understanding of the human condition.