Robert Waska

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Moments of Uncertainty in Therapeutic Practice: Interpreting Within the Matrix of Projective Identification, Countertransference, and EnactmentHardcover, 8 November 2011

Moments of Uncertainty in Therapeutic Practice: Interpreting Within the Matrix of Projective Identification, Countertransference, and Enactment
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Reading Age
Ages: 22
Grade Levels
17
Print Length
272 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Date Published
8 Nov 2011
ISBN-10
0231151527
ISBN-13
9780231151528

Description

One of therapy's greatest challenges is the moment of transference, when a patient unconsciously transfers emotion or desire to a new and present object--in some cases the therapist. During the course of treatment, a patient's projections and the analyst's struggle to divert them can stress, distort, or contaminate the therapeutic relationship. It may lead to various forms of enactment, in which the therapist unconsciously colludes with the client in interpretation and treatment, or it can lead to projective identification, in which the client imposes negative feelings and behaviors onto the therapist, further interfering with analysis and intervention.

Drawing on decades of clinical case experience, Robert Waska leads practitioners through the steps of phantasy and transference mechanisms and their ability to increase, oppose, embrace, or neutralize analytic contact. Operating from a psychoanalytic perspective, he explains how to cope professionally with moments of transference and maintain an objective interpretive stance within the ongoing matrix of projective identification, countertransference, and enactment. Each chapter discusses a wide spectrum of cases and clinical situations, describing in detail the processes that invite a playing out of the patient's phantasies and the work required to reestablish balance. Refreshingly candid, Waska recognizes the imperfections of analysis yet reaffirms its potential for greater psychological integration and stability for the patient. He acknowledges the limits and frequent roadblocks of working with difficult patients, such as those who suffer from psychic retreat, paranoid phantasies, and depressive anxieties, yet he indicates an effective path for resetting the clinical moment and redirecting the course for treatment.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 22
Author:
Robert Waska
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
8 November 2011
Dimensions:
23.11 x 15.49 x 1.78 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 17
ISBN-10:
0231151527
ISBN-13:
9780231151528
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
272
Weight:
480.81 gm

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