There are moments of connection between analysts and patients during any
therapeutic encounter upon which the therapy can turn. Moments of
Meeting in Psychoanalysis explores how analysts and therapists can
experience these moments of meeting, shows how this interaction can
become an enlivening and creative process, and seeks to recognise how it
can change both the analyst and patient in profound and fundamental
ways.
The theory and practice of contemporary psychoanalysis and
psychoanalytic psychotherapy has reached an exciting new moment of
generous and generative interaction. As psychoanalysts become more
intersubjective and relational in their work, it becomes increasingly
critical that they develop approaches that have the capacity to harness
and understand powerful moments of meeting, capable of propelling change
through the therapeutic relationship. Often these are surprising human
moments in which both client and clinician are moved and transformed.
Moments of Meeting in Psychoanalysis offers a window into the ways in
which some of today's practitioners think about, encourage, and work
with these moments of meeting in their practices. Each chapter of the
book offers theoretical material, case examples, and a discussion of
various therapists' reflections on and experiences with these moments of
meeting.
With contributions from relational psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and
Jungian analysts, and covering essential topics such as shame, impasse,
mindfulness, and group work, this book offers new theoretical thinking
and practical clinical guidance on how best to work with moments of
meeting in any relationally oriented therapeutic practice. Moments of
Meeting in Psychoanalysis will be of great interest to psychoanalysts,
psychoanalytic psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, workers
in other mental health fields, graduate students, and anyone interested
in change processes.
