pt. I. John Klauber : psychoanalyst of the person. John Klauber, independent clinician --;pt. II. Emotional freedom in the analyst. The patient makes the analyst ; The analyst's act of freedom as agent of therapeutic change ; Phantasy effects that which it represents ; Maturity and interpretation as joint therapeutic agents --;pt. III. The influence from treating psychopaths and the mentally handicapped. The response aroused by the psychopath ; The origins of rage and aggression ; The psychotherapy of a mentally handicapped patient ; Countertransference with mentally handicapped patients --;pt. IV. Pilgrimage. Independence of mind : attachment and the British Society ; Migration from the Tavistock : impetus for mental change ; The struggle to achieve independence of mind in the British Psychoanalytical Society --;pt. V. Papers on narcissism. Narcissism : a reconstructed theory ; Narcissism as trauma preserved ; Corruption of interpretation through narcissism ; The core of narcissism --;pt. VI. The influence of Wilfred Bion. The influence of Wilfred Bion on my clinical work ; Bion and trauma transformed --;pt. VI. Psychological understanding of psychoanalytic concepts. Envy : a psychological analysis ; The structure of paranoia ; A theory of communication for psychoanalysis --;pt. VIII. Epilogue. Self-analysis in flight ; The way forward.
In this book Neville Symington brings together a wide range of lectures and previously published papers along with fresh commentary, providing the reader with a veritable feast of his ideas and further thinking about psychoanalytic theory and clinical practice.