Clinical Evolutions on the Superego, Body, and Gender in Psychoanalysis
[Book]
Milton :
Routledge,
2018.
1 online resource (235 pages)
V Misogyny and porn
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: loss of integrity in contemporary culture and contemporary psyche; Introduction: loss of integrity; References; Part I Superego/character issues: deception, greed, and envy; 1 Analyzing a "new superego"?: greed and envy in the recent age of affluence; Greed; Envy; Margery; Concluding remarks; Note; References; 2 Lies and omissions in psychoanalytic treatment; Developmental considerations; Technical issues; Countertransference; Omissions in psychoanalytic treatment
12 Sex and the City on the couch1 Body issues; Identifications with the beautiful; 2 Sexual inhibitions; 3 Break-upsand abandonments; 4 Examining what they do in relationships; 5 Envy and its vicissitudes; 6 Trying to control the uncontrollable; Role models for the single woman; Friends as support; Where are their parents?; What are single women up against?; References; 13 The search for love in a digital age; References; 14 The mediated gaze; An exaggerated picture of what is to come; References; Part IV Superego, gender, and body in art
15 Violence against women in the work of women artistsList of images discussed in this chapter; Notes; References; 16 The imposturous artist Arshile Gorky; Chronology of Gorky's life (1904-1948); The formative years: psychic trauma; The adaptive ego; The adult psyche; The Artist and His Mother (ca. 1929-1942 and 1926-1929) and its influence on his later works; Notes; References; 17 Pedophilic themes in Balthus' works; List of images discussed in this chapter; Note; References; 18 Is appropriation creative?: the case of Richard Prince; I Jokes; II Re-photography; III Masculinity; IV Identity
Clinical example IClinical example II; Clinical example III; References; 10 The male psyche: an even darker continent; References; Part III Relationships; 11 Issues in the psychoanalytic treatment of single females over 30; Traditional psychoanalytic views of prolonged singlehood; Psychosexual regression and adult developmental arrest; The "singles" syndrome; Ms. A.; Ms. B.; Ms. C.; Treatment issues specific to this patient population; Resistances and transference resistances; Transference; Countertransference; Summary and suggestions for treatment; Note; References
Clinical illustrationDiscussion; Note; References; 3 The availability (and responsibility) of the analyst: "above all, do no harm"; 4 Construction outside, reconstruction inside: the analyst's office under siege; Part II Body, skin, and gender; 5 The female body: a discussion of Malkah Notman's 2003 paper; Reference; 6 The analyst as reluctant spectator: working with women obsessed with thinness; Notes; References; 7 The analyst's rush to metaphor; Discussion; Note; References; 8 Body narcissism and linguistic attunement; Note; References; 9 Outrageous women: the "Cleopatra complex."
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Patients in psychoanalytic treatment present with a variety of problems that reflect contemporary cultural issues and values. Clinical Evolutions on the Superego, Body, and Gender in Psychoanalysis explores the effects of such societal changes on psychoanalytic theory and clinical practice, covering topics such as greed, envy and deception, body narcissism, gender roles, and relationships. Janice S. Lieberman includes numerous clinical vignettes and insights into working clinically with changing norms. Lieberman explores how changes in values and norms of behavior in the world beyond the consulting room have influenced what is now heard by analysts within it, using clinical data to demonstrate the psychological underpinnings of the values promulgated by current trends in politics and in society more widely. She explores what she observes to be "a new superego"; where deception abounds and often goes unpunished, where greed and envy have arguably increased and there is an enhanced emphasis on the body and its appearance. Traditional gender roles have been challenged in fortuitous ways, but a certain amount of chaos and confusion has ensued. Relationships are found and maintained using technology, yet many feel lonely and empty. She writes about the clinical dilemmas she has faced and offers suggestions for resolving them in working with today's patients. Lieberman also sees parallels for these developments in several artists' lives and in their work. Clinical Evolutions on the Superego, Body, and Gender in Psychoanalysis will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists.
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