Psychoanalysis in Practice

A Contemporary Approach for Psychotherapists
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-29258-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series

This essential guide helps psychotherapists integrate psychoanalytic concepts and techniques into their clinical practice, enriching patient relationships and enhancing therapeutic effectiveness through engaging clinical vignettes.

Readers will explore how to enhance their comprehension of patient dynamics, recognize and utilize transference and countertransference phenomena, and develop greater self-awareness during therapy sessions. This book combines theoretical foundations with practical examples, demonstrating how psychoanalytic concepts can transform therapeutic relationships and outcomes. Each chapter includes practical techniques that can be are demonstrably applicable in clinical settings, while also encouraging ongoing professional reflection and growth.

Written for practicing psychotherapists seeking to enhance their clinical skills, this book serves both newcomers to psychoanalytic concepts and experienced practitioners looking to deepen their psychodynamic understanding. Perfect for therapists wanting to enrich their current practice.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steinberg, Paul Ian

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: The Setting of Therapy  1. Establishing and Maintaining Boundaries with Patients: The Frame  2. Maintaining Boundaries Regarding Professional Fees  Part II: Some Important Concepts 3. Unconscious Communication 4. The importance of containment 5. Omnipotence, Helplessness and Idealization  Part III: Thinking and Non-thinking in Psychotherapy  6. Developing a thinking mind 7. Deadening and Enlivening 8. Action and Enactments  Part IV: Some Aspects of Being Therapeutic  9. Being Therapeutic 10. Hate and Love in the Countertransference Chapter 11 Tuning in to the patient’s unconscious: Reflections on Rachael Peltz’s “Ways of hearing: Getting inside psychoanalysis”  Part V: Becoming a Therapist and Helping Others become Therapists  12 Some Thoughts on Teaching, Learning and Vulnerability

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Steinberg is a clinical professor at the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and training and supervising analyst in the Western Canada Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He has written Psychoanalysis in Medicine: Applying Psychoanalytic Thought to Contemporary Medical Care, and Psychoanalysis in Mental Health: Applying Psychoanalytic Thought to Contemporary Mental Health Practice, in addition to over 100 peer-review papers and book reviews and one book chapter.