Is It Too Late? - Key Papers on Psychoanalysis and Ageing

Key Papers on Psychoanalysis and Ageing. This book brings together a selection of classic psychoanalytical papers related to ageing, dying and death that have appeared in the renowned International Journal of Psychoanalysis IJP. Two papers address the analysis of an elderly patient directly and bring the work and the challenges it brings vividly to life.

List of contents

Series Preface , Editor’s Preface , Foreword , Death and the mid-life crisis , On loneliness and the ageing process , Comments on Dr Norman A. Cohen’s paper: “On loneliness and the ageing process” , On ageing and psychopathology—discussion of Dr Norman A. Cohen’s paper “On loneliness and the ageing process” , Fear of death—notes on the analysis of an old man , The analysis of an elderly patient , The life cycle as indicated by the nature of the transference in the psychoanalysis of the middle-aged and elderly , The older analysand: countertransference issues in psychoanalysis , The final stage of the dying process , On the generational cycle—an address*

About the author

Gabriele Junkers is a psychoanalyst, training analyst and supervisor, working in private practice. She is the editor of 'Psychoanalysis in Europe' for the European Psychoanalytical Federation, where she was also Honorary Secretary.

Summary

This book brings together a selection of classic psychoanalytical papers related to ageing, dying and death that have appeared in the renowned International Journal of Psychoanalysis (IJP). Two papers address the analysis of an elderly patient directly and bring the work and the challenges it brings vividly to life.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriele Junkers
• Assisted by: Gabriele Junkers (Editor), Junkers Gabriele (Editor), Glen O. Gabbard (Editor of the series), Paul Williams (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367105426
• ISBN: 978-0-367-10542-6
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: The IJPA Key Papers Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Psychoanalysis, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)