Fighting for Love: Journal of a Training Analysis

Fighting for Love: Journal of a Training Analysis is a unique account of an eight-year psychoanalysis, journaled and retrospectively annotated from the patient's perspective in the aftermath of an unexpected and frightening dissociation. This book will resonate with anyone who has experienced trauma or who treats its aftermath.

List of contents

Part One: The Awakening 1. A Transformative Event 2. A Letter from My Father 3. The Dream of '42 4. The Aftermath 5. From Psychotherapy to Psychoanalysis 6. The Search 7. The Journal 8. Our First Hour 9. The Kempetai 10. Our Life Before 11. The Three of Us 12. Tjideng 13. Reunion 14. The Sea Hydra 15. Carmel 16. Apeldoorn 17. Wassenaar 18. The Deer Dream 19. The Loss of Our Connection Part Two: The Analysis 20. The Narrative 21. The Therapeutic Alliance (January 30, 1989-January 31, 1991) 22. The Working Through (February 2, 1991-December 2, 1994) 23. Termination (December 2, 1994-August 4, 1996 Epilogue Index

About the author

Marianne Lovink Goldsmith is board certified in pediatrics and psychiatry, and is a retired psychoanalyst. She is based in Massachusetts, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Marianne Lovink Goldsmith
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032960821
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3296082-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Trauma & shock, Family psychology, Psychotherapy, Trauma and shock, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis