Description
In this unique and uplifting work, Dr. Claudia Luiz reveals why psychoanalysis is more relevant than ever, perhaps the only discipline currently suitable to help solve the mystery of our emotional challenges.
In gripping stories about people struggling with depression, anxiety, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder (ADD) and more, Luiz brings us right into each treatment where we discover how psychoanalysts today prepare their patient’s mind for self-discovery. Following each story, absorbing commentaries acquaint the reader with the theories of the mind that currently guide treatment, and the innovative clinical techniques that are revolutionizing the field, including how Luiz learned to integrate her own emotions as therapeutic instruments for diagnosis and cure.
The Making of a Psychoanalyst is an ideal book for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and in training, mental health professionals working in social care, and students interested in the evolution of an undying discipline that embodies personal narrative. Anyone interested in knowing how two human beings interact with each other to effect profound change will want to read this book.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction to the New Psychoanalysis
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO 21ST CENTURY PSYCHOANALYSIS
Chapter 1: CATRINA LEARNS TO BREATHE
The 21st century psychoanalyst
Chapter 2: JOHN J AND THE BIG SURRENDER
The 21st century patient
PART II: THE MAKING OF A 21ST CENTURY PSYCHOANALYST
Chapter 3: SEARCHING FOR ANITA
Listening to Theories of Technique: Following the Contact
Chapter 4: THE UNSEEN SIDE OF ANGELA
Listening to Theories of the Mind
Chapter 5: TERRELL AND ROSALIA IN BED
Listening to Theories of Technique: Emotional Communication
Chapter 6: MITZI’S WORKSHOP
Listening to Countertransference
PART III: SUMMARY
Chapter 7: MERCY GETS A TATTOO
Putting It All Together: Layers of Listening
Chapter 8: SYLVIE SPIDER
The Future of Psychoanalysis
Postscript
Glossary
Index
