Description
Eugenio Gaddini, a pioneer within the Italian psychoanalytical movement, devoted a lifetime of research to the organization of infantile mental life.
In this edited collection of his papers Dr Adam Limentani introduces Gaddini's key theories showing how they are closely linked to, but different from, the thinking of Phyllis Greenacre, Donald Winnicott and Melanie Klein.
These ideas are of great clinical relevance for the treatment of adult patients, particularly in the understanding of psychosomatic disorders. The richness of the clinical evidence with which Gaddini supports his hypothesis, and the originality of his conceptions make this a rewarding and stimulating book for the practicing analyst and psychotherapist.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Adam Limentani; Chapter 1 On imitation; Chapter 2 Aggression and the pleasure principle; Chapter 3 Beyond the death instinct; Chapter 4 Formation of the father and the primal scene; Chapter 5 On father formation in early child development; Chapter 6 Therapeutic technique in psychoanalysis; Chapter 7 The invention of space in psychoanalysis; Chapter 8 Notes on the mind–body question; Chapter 9 Early defensive fantasies and the psychoanalytical process; Chapter 10 Acting out in the psychoanalytic session; Chapter 11 The pre-symbolic activity of the infant mind; Chapter 12 The mask and the circle; Chapter 13 Changes in psychoanalytic patients up to the present day;
