The Analytic Experience - Hardcover

Symington, Neville

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312032889 ISBN 13: 9780312032883

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1986

Synopsis

What is the nature of the psychoanalytic process? That is the question Neville Symington addresses in "The Analytic Experience." Based on a series of lectures he gave at the Tavistock Clinic in London, Symington discusses his topic through an unusually evocative selection of clinical examples. The aim of the original lectures was to give a general overview of the unfolding of psychoanalysis. Symington believes that psychoanalysis cannot be taught because it can only occur through a personal act of understanding; psychoanalysis is the agent which prompts self-analysis. He shows how psychoanalysis has evolved through a series of different interpretations and his own interpretation is highly personal. "The Analytic Experience" provides a basic introduction to Freud's theory of the psyche, the work of Freud's close contemporaries and the developments of psychoanalysis most frequently associated with the work of Klein, Fairbairn, Winnicott, and Bion. Written in a lively conversational style, "The Analytic Experience" is accessible both to beginners and to those with a special interest in one or another of the post-Freudian developments in psychoanalysis.

About this title

About the Author:

Symington is a former member of the Scientific Committee of the London Institute of Psycho-Analysis and Director of the Camden Pyschotherapy Unit.

From Library Journal:

This introduction to the psychoanalytic process also presents a review of Freud's theory of the psyche, a summary of the work of Freud's close associates, and a brief survey of later developments in psychoanalysis through the work of Balint, Bion, Fairbairn, Klein, and Winnicott. Symington's book is closely based on the author's in-service training lectures at the Tavistock Clinic, London. The conversational style of the lecture format translates very well to the printed page, resulting in a readily accessible and engaging expression of the author's critically sympathetic understanding of psychoanalysis. It imparts a sense of the interpersonal resonance between analyst and patient and provides an even-handed overview of the major analytic theories. Recommended to general readers and beginning mental health professionals. William Abrams, Portland State Univ. Lib., Ore.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0312032889
• ISBN 13: 9780312032883
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 347