I. Critique of Classical Psychoanalytic Theory 1. Freud's Theory of Cognition 2. The Primary Process Revisited 3. On Unconscious Fantasy 4. Unconscious Pathogenic Beliefs or Unconscious Fantasy? Psychoanalytic Theories on Psychic Trauma II. Interactional Theory 5. Basic Principles of Mental Organization 6. The Mind in Operation 7. Defense and Psychopathology 8. Process and Technique 9. A Clinical Study III. Applications and Exemplifications 10. Social versus Asocial Perspectives on Transference 11. Self-fulfulling Prophecies and the Repetition Compulsion: An Interaction Perspective 12. Interactional Aspects of Defense 13. Unconscious Meaning Analysis, Unconscious Perception, the Day Residue, and Dreaming
Theo L. Dorpat, M.D., is Training and Supervising Analyst and former Director, Seattle Institute for Psychoanalysis, and Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine. The author of over 225 scientific publications, Dr. Dorpat has twice received the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society's Edward D. Hoedemaker Memorial Prize for best clinical case study.
Michael L. Miller, Ph.D., is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Washington. He is currently completing psychoanalytic training at the Seattle Institute for Psychoanalysis.
"Drs. Dorpat and Miller have given us a fascinating and fundamental
revision of psychoanalytic theory that has profound implications
for metapsychology and clinical practice. Their work is the product
of long and hard thought about critical issues in the field. All
psychoanalysts and clinical psychologists would benefit from a
careful reading of their seminal work."- Joseph Weiss, M.D.,
Training Analyst, San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute"A superb
synthesis of principles of cognitive psychology and contemporary
relational perspectives in psychoanalysis, Clinical Interaction and
the Analysis of Meaning offers major revisions of aspects of
psychoanalytic theory and practice. Beginning with an incisive
critique of the isolating assumptions of classical psychoanalysis
and its 'blind spot for interactional dynamics,' Dorpat and Miller
go on to demonstrate that clinical phenomena derive not from
endogenously arising fantasies but from actual interactions between
patient and therapist and the unconscious meanings these
interactions acquire for the patient. The book's central focus is
on what the authors term 'unconscious meaning analysis,' the
process by which a person unconsciously evaluates and represents
his or her interactions with others. Rich clinical illustrations
convey the important implications of the authors' theoretical
revisions for one's therapeutic approach to transference,
resistance, dreams, and psychopathology in general. This book is
highly recommended for all who wish to keep up with the leading
edge of current psychoanalytic thinking."- Robert D. Stolorow,
Ph.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, Institute for Contemporary
Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles"[A] valuable contribution to the
ferment which currently seems to be roiling psychoanalysis most
vigorously: the significance of interpersonal interaction in theory
and practice. Applying a Piagetian framework to the contemporary
interactional perspective, Dorpat and Miller present a
structuralist developmental theory of psychopathology, and a model
for the here-and-now dimension of analytic process. . . . There is
a good deal of value in the theory, which assembles familiar
elements of ego psychology and object-relations theory into a
coherent whole."- Alan Pollack, M.D., International Journal of
Psychoanalysis"[A[ sophisticated, well-documented attempt to bring
psychoanalysis in tune with recent advances in cognitive science
and interactional theory."- Joseph Reppen, Ph.D., Contemporary
Psychology
"Silverman's openness in presenting complete clincial material is
rare and to be applauded....thoughtful book that opens
psychoanalytic thinking to other possibilities of what happens in
therapeutic interaction and patient experience....The tone is
constructive, respectful....What Dorpat and Miller have
produced....is a sophisticated, well-documented attempt to bring
psychoanlaysis in tune with recent advances in cognitive science
and interactional theory....It is for those who wish to read
critically and are open to new ideas in pscyhoanalysis....this book
is worth the effort of a careful reading."
—Contemporary Psychology
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