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Suffering and Sacrifice in the Clinical Encounter

By: Charles Ashbach,Karen Fraley,Paul Koehler,James L. Poulton

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Suffering and Sacrifice in the Clinical Encounter

By: Charles Ashbach,Karen Fraley,Paul Koehler,James L. Poulton

In Suffering and Sacrifice in the Clinical Encounter, the authors identify the ways in which some patients seek to create what Freud termed a "private religion" and unconsciously substitute sacrificial enactments of scapegoat surrogates to protect them against the pain of separation, mourning, and loss of primary figures of attachment. They investigate the function of sacrifice and its relationship to the breakdown of psychic structure and the development of manic defenses and pathological narcissism. Such treatments are complex, the "reversed roles" of victim and perpetrator central to the sacrificial process when enacted in therapy can trigger feelings of shame, guilt and inadequacy in the therapist. Perverse, vengeful, and sadistic transference distortions are explored to enable the therapist to appreciate the true nature of the patient's hidden traumatic experience, with the necessity for the working-through of genuine separation and grieving highlighted. Useful methods are detailed to counter the tendency to become overly active and inappropriately involved when working with patients who have deadened their desire to improve. This book is unique in utilising the dynamic concepts of the effects of trauma and sacrifice, the role of the scapegoat, and the distinctions between the experience of pain and the accomplishment of suffering in order to develop a foundational understanding of such patients. It is a must-read for all practising and trainee therapists.

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Phoenix Publishing House

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1912691582

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9781912691586

Object Relations and Relationality in Couple Therapy

Exploring the Middle Ground

By: James L. Poulton

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Object Relations and Relationality in Couple Therapy

Exploring the Middle Ground

By: James L. Poulton

During the course of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with couples, the practicing clinician is commonly faced with problems and issues that at times can seem nearly insoluble. Integrating the rich ideas and techniques from two psychoanalytic traditions, object relations and relational theory, Object Relations and Relationality in Couple Therapy: Exploring the Middle Ground surveys those problems, reviews the theoretical background for understanding their underlying dynamics, and offers effective and practical solutions for their resolution.

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Jason Aronson, Incorporated

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0765708957

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9780765708953

Object Relations and Relationality in Couple Therapy

Exploring the Middle Ground

By: James L. Poulton

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Exploring the Middle Ground

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Suffering and Sacrifice in the Clinical Encounter

Suffering and Sacrifice in the Clinical Encounter

Object Relations and Relationality in Couple Therapy

Object Relations and Relationality in Couple Therapy

Object Relations and Relationality in Couple Therapy

Object Relations and Relationality in Couple Therapy

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