Psychoanalysis as Theraphy and Storytelling

Category       : E-Books

Author          : Antonino Ferro

Publisher      : Routledge

Year              : 2006

Page              :161

Language      : English

File Type       : Pdf

Size               : 7,090 MB

Review  :Psychoanalysis as Therapy and Storytelling examines psychoanalysis from two perspectives - as a cure for psychic suffering, and as a series of stories between patient and analyst.

Antonino Ferro uses numerous clinical examples to investigate how narration and interpretation are interconnected in the analytic session. He draws on and develops Bion's theories to present a novel perspective on subj ects such as:

• Psychoanalysis as a particular form of literature

• Sexuality as a narrative genre or dialect in the analyst's consulting room

• Delusion and hallucination

• Acting out, the countertransference and the transgenerational field

• Play: characters, narrations and interpretations

Psychoanalytic clinicians and theoreticians alike will find the innovative approach to the analytic session described here of great interest.

Antonino Ferro is Full Member of the Italian Psychoanalytical Association and the IPA. He is a child and adolescent psychoanalyst and is especially concerned with adults with serious pathologies. His previous publications with Routledge include Seeds oj fllness, Seeds oj Recovery, In the Analyst's Consulting Room and The Bi-personal Field.