Symbols in Structure and Function- Volume 2

Charles A. Sarnoff Md

ISBN 10: 1401072488 / ISBN 13: 9781401072483

Published by Xlibris, 2003

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is the second unit of three devoted to an explication of the structure and function of symbols. In this unit the emphasis is on the psychotherapeutic use of symbols. The following topics are covered. Ch-1 SYMBOLS AND MENTAL ILLNESS Ch-2 SYMBOL THEORY APPLIED Ch-3 REGRESSIVE SYMBOLIZATION : Psychotic Ch-4 REGRESSIVE SYMBOLIZATION : Neurotic Ch-5 REGRESSIVE SYMBOLIZATION : Psychosomatic Ch-6 PSYCHOANALYTIC SYMBOLS AND TRANSFERENCE Ch-7 THE USE DURING CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY OF THE SYMBOLS THAT OCCUR IN FANTASIES AND DREAMS.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Symbols in Structure and Function- Volume 2
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1401072488
• ISBN 13: 9781401072483
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 16D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 377 grams

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Synopsis

This is the second unit of three devoted to an explication of the structure and function of symbols. In this unit the emphasis is on the psychotherapeutic use of symbols. The following topics are covered. Ch-1 SYMBOLS AND MENTAL ILLNESS Ch-2 SYMBOL THEORY APPLIED Ch-3 REGRESSIVE SYMBOLIZATION : Psychotic Ch-4 REGRESSIVE SYMBOLIZATION : Neurotic Ch-5 REGRESSIVE SYMBOLIZATION : Psychosomatic Ch-6 PSYCHOANALYTIC SYMBOLS AND TRANSFERENCE Ch-7 THE USE DURING CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY OF THE SYMBOLS THAT OCCUR IN FANTASIES AND DREAMS

About the Author

Charles Sarnoff M.D. is the author of "Latency", and three other books as well as over 60 published papers. He is board certified in Child, Adolescent, Community and Adult Psychiatry, and is a graduate child and adult psychoanalyst. He is formerly Clinical Associate Professor of psychiatry at NYU College of Medicine and is a Lecturer at the Columbia University P&S School of Medicine Psychoanalytic Institute, where he lectured on "Symbols in Myths and Dreams". He has been chief of residency training and of child psychiatry at Brookdale Hospital, and chief of child psychiatry fellowship training at Hillside Hospital. Dr. Sarnoff has been described as an "art detective" in "Art in America" for his contribution to the rediscovery of Thomas Cole's "lost Voyage of Life". He has an enhanced knowledge of world mythology and has traveled in over forty countries in forty years gathering information for this book. Joseph Campbell has written the following about some of this material, ". . . two very interesting articles, both bearing directly on folklore and literary themes. I have found them full of useful information --, and marvel particularly at the range of research and discovery represented . . . "