The Dying Patient in Psychotherapy

Desire, Dreams and Individuation
2002
ISBN: 978-0-333-76342-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 344 g

The Dying Patient in Psychotherapy is powerful account of love and death within a therapeutic relationship. The narrative traces one man's journey and that of the analyst who accompanies him. Following on from Joy Schaverien's highly- acclaimed previous books, this full length description of an analysis demonstrates the developmental path of an erotic transference from its origins in infancy, through fantasies of sex and violence, to mature erotic intimacy. The countertransference is considered with exceptional honesty as the analysis intensifies following the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness. A series of dreams, rich in symbolic imagery, traces the psychological situation as death approaches. This book is essential reading for analysts, psychotherapists, counsellors, arts therapists, and all professionals working with the dying. The compelling narrative will also fascinate the general reader. It is practical, theoretical, and imaginative and all, whether expert or new to the subject, will be inspired as the process of individuation is revealed.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schaverien, Joy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Contents.- List of Dreams.- Acknowledgements.- Definition of Terms.- Introduction.- PART ONE: THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP Psychotherapy with the Dying Patient.- Intimacy Revealed: Establishing a Therapeutic Relationship.- The House and Boarding School: Intimacy and Exile.- PART TWO: DREAMS AND THE EROTIC TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTERTRANSFERENCE Dreams.- Dreams and Diagnosis.- Dreams and the Erotic Transference.- The Erotic Transference and Countertransference.- Sexual Attraction and Erotic Violence: Men Who Leave Too Soon Revisited.- The Inner World Parents: The Paternal Function and the Maternal Realm.- Talking about Love, Sex and Death.- PART THREE: MOURNING AND MOVING Boundaries and the Bereavement of Dying.- Envy and Stasis.- The Link Between Psychotherapy and Cancer.- The Problem of Ending When the End is Death.- PART FOUR: THE FINAL PHASE Breakdown, Boundaries and Hospital.- The Hospice and Medication.- Home.- Conclusions: Supervision, Countertransference Bereavement and Research Questions.- Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

JOY SCHAVERIEN is Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield, and a Jungian analyst in private practice in Leicestershire. A professional member of the Society of Analytical Psychology in London and of the International Assocation for Analytical Psychology, her previous books include Desire and the Female Therapist and The Revealing Image.