Terra Incognita a Psychoanalyspb

Terra Incognita provides an autobiographical account of Joseph Abrahams' 75-year career as a psychoanalyst with extensive scientific data, life-altering discoveries, and insightful conclusions. Each chapter of Terra Incognita represents a different stage of Abrahams' career, from its prescient wartime beginnings to its post-retirement studies and writings.

List of contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Wartime Beginnings: A Riot on VJ Day-"I had to, captain!"
Chapter 2: Washington, D.C. Early Practice 1950-1960: Institutes and Institutions
Chapter 3: Later Practice 1960-1970: Dream Work, Conferences, and Couples
Chapter 4: Sabbatical and La Jolla 1971-1989: Midlife Career, Midlife Crisis
Chapter 5: Atascadero State Hospital 1990-1995: New Adventure, Unexpected Assault
Chapter 6: Post Retirement-1996 to present: Six Iconic Cases and a Revealing Colloquy
Summary
Glossary of Terms
Annotated Bibliography
Appendices
Index

About the author

Joseph Isaac Abrahams, MD, is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a former associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego. His 70-year career includes pioneering work in group therapy and psychoanalysis with the severe disorders, occurring in both forensic institutions and in a flourishing private practice. He has written books on grassroots politics, the psycho-spiritual phenomenon of messianism, as well as an autobiographical work conveyed in his dreams and poems.

Summary

Terra Incognita provides an autobiographical account of Joseph Abrahams' 75-year career as a psychoanalyst with extensive scientific data, life-altering discoveries, and insightful conclusions. Each chapter of Terra Incognita represents a different stage of Abrahams' career, f...

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Isaac Abrahams, Abrahams Joseph Isaac
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9780761864042
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6404-2
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; MEDICAL / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, Psychotherapy, Medical profession, Criminal or forensic psychology, Autobiography: science, technology & medicine, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)