Description
This important book features collected essays on the distinguished psychoanalyst Dr Michael Eigen, who is an influential innovator within and beyond psychoanalysis.
Drawing on the ideas of Bion, Winnicott, Kabbalah, and artists, Eigen’s work is noted for fusing spirituality with psychoanalysis and his extraordinary creativity. The book begins with Dr Eigen’s new essay "Rebirth: It’s been around a long time." The other essays feature a rich array of subjects and reflections, with many clinical examples and applications to domains beyond psychotherapy and include such titles as "Healing longing in the midst of damage: Eigen's psychoanalytic vision" and "Breakdown and recovery: Going Berserk and other rhythmic concerns."
Dr Eigen is one of the most influential psychoanalysts of the current era and this collection of essays provides insightful discussion on his ideas. This celebration of Michael Eigen will fascinate any psychoanalyst interested in his work.
Table of Contents
PART I: BREATHING INTO LIFE
CHAPTER ONE
Rebirth: It’s Been Around A Long Time
Michael Eigen
PART II: EIGEN IN TIME
CHAPTER TWO
Michael Eigen: A Personal Retrospective
Robin Bagai
CHAPTER THREE
On the Importance of Time as a Background Object
Keri Cohen
CHAPTER FOUR
Healing Longing in the Midst of Damage: Eigen Psychoanalytic Vision
Loray Daws
PART III: TASTING THE PSYCHE THROUGH EIGEN’S WRITINGS
CHAPTER FIVE
Breakdown and Recovery: Going Berserk and other rhythmic concerns
Louis Rothschild
CHAPTER SIX
Reading the Works of Mike Eigen in India: Artist of the Invisible
Shalini Masih
CHAPTER SEVEN
Chasing the Uncatchable: Mystery and Metaphor in the work of Michael Eigen
Sean Harrell
CHAPTER EIGHT
Michael Eigen and the Evolution of Psyche
Robin Bagai
CHAPTER NINE
On Not Knowing Michael Eigen
Alitta Kullman
CHAPTER TEN
Canvassing Illusion and Faith in Fragmentation – An Indian Perspective
Ashis Roy
CHAPTER ELEVEN
More than a Word: Reverberations between Eigen’s Notions of Deadness/Aliveness and Bion’s Grid
Adam Schechter
CHAPTER TWELVE
Psychoanalysis a Prayer: The Construction and breakdown of Faith in Dissociative States
Neetu Sarin
PART IV: Spirituality and Becoming
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Difficulties of Faith
Rachel Berghash and Katherine Jillson
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Unity of Opposites": Hope in Psychodrama Group Psychotherapy Based on the Jewish Hassidic Spiritual Approach and Michael Eigen's Psychospiritual Relational Approach
Ziva Gidron
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The influence of the Kabbalah’s conception of Eros on the psychoanalytic Eros, according to Michael Eigen
Ruth Golan
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
"My Kingdom for a Widdler" Michael Eigen: A Beta-Watcher’s Midwife
Stefanie Teitlebaum
PART V: Expanding the Psychoanalytic Frame
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Elemental Contact: From Madness to Mysticism in Celebrating the works of Michael Eigen
Burt Seitler
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Missed Opportunities in the History of Psychoanalysis
Howard Covitz
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Elemental Contact: From Madness to Mysticism Celebrating the Work of Michael Eigen
Willow Pearson
CHAPTER TWENTY
Permission and Gratitude: Michael Eigen’s Gateway to Possibility and Freedom
Merle Molofsky
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