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Zusatztext "In this erudite and stimulating book! Summers demonstrates psychoanalytic theorizing at its best. Summers is an original thinker and! obviously! a compassionate and committed therapist. But he also serves as a model of how we can learn from each other! and how we! as theoretical pioneers! can explore the theoretical terrain of our colleagues without colonizing or laying waste to their lands. Of all the great gifts in this book! Summers offers this one throughout: he comes in peace."- David Anderegg! Ph.D.! Psychologist-Psychoanalyst"Drawing on several rich traditions within psychoanalytic writing! Summers provides an original and necessary view of how psychoanalytic psychotherapy can facilitate change of the self. His many clinical examples demonstrate his thesis and give the reader a down-to-earth sense of how to go about doing what Summers proposes."- Christopher Bollas! Ph.D.! Author! Dark at the End of the Tunnel"Summers offer a substantial development of Winnicott's perspective! contending that change does not occur through understanding alone! but rather requires the specific recognition of the patient's potential for agency and the welcoming of her spontaneous gestures. Deftly merging philosophical erudition with practical experience! Summers takes us to the heart of the clinical enterprise! the ability to uncover the seeds of a possible future beneath the familiar layers of yesterday's repetitions. Saturated with the details of live interaction! tuned in to the small voice of desire! Self Creation strives to teach the unteachable: how to listen." - Jessica Benjamin! Ph.D.! Author! Like Subjects! Love Objects"Summers' approach to therapy is challenging and inovative and carries the intersubjective to new levels that deserve thoughtful consideration."-W.W. Meisnner! S.J.! M.D. in Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic! Vol. 71! No. 3 (Summer 2007) Informationen zum Autor Frank Summers, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, is a training and supervising analyst at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Medical School. A member of the faculties of the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Institute, and the Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Institute, Dr. Summers maintains a private practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy in Chicago, IL. Klappentext Building on the integrative object relations model set forth in Transcending The Self (1999), Frank Summers turns to Winnicott's notion of "potential space" in order to elaborate a fresh clinical approach for transforming insight into new ways of Zusammenfassung Building on the integrative object relations model set forth in Transcending The Self (1999), Frank Summers turns to Winnicott's notion of "potential space" in order to elaborate a fresh clinical approach for transforming insight into new ways of Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: A Psychoanalytic Theory of Self Creation. Potential Space in Psychoanalytic Therapy. The Future as Intrinsic to the Psychoanalytic Process. The Therapist's Vision of the Patient. Therapeutic Action as the Creation of Meaning. Psychoanalytic Therapy as the Art of Possibilities. The Analyst's Process: The Mind of the Other. Part II: Clinical Applications. The Disowned Body. Depression: The Collapsed Self. Relinquishing Bad Objects. Healing Narcissistic Wounds. Conclusion. ...
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Frank Summers, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, is a training and supervising analyst at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Medical School. A member of the faculties of the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Institute, and the Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Institute, Dr. Summers maintains a private practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy in Chicago, IL.
