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‘Counterdreaming’ is Donald Meltzer’s term for the psychoanalytic reverie that arises from the countertransference during the session, in response to the analysand’s own dreams and phantasies. He writes: ‘It is difficult to explain the technique of counterdreaming… I compare it with waiting in the dark for the deer, grazing at night, seen by their flashing white tails.’ This nocturnal vigilance is on the alert for movement of the quarry, part object minimal movements which with patience can be seen to form a pattern of incipient meaning cast before. The contributions in this book belong to analysts and psychotherapists of widely different ages and experience and from a variety ...
An introduction to the psychoanalytic writings of Donald Meltzer on clinical work, the family, and philosophy of symbol formation. Each chapter is introduced by a different practitioner. Donald Meltzer was one of the most original, innovative and inspired post-Kleinian psychoanalysts. His thinking, theorizing, writings, supervision and teaching inspired whole generations of child psychotherapists and others at the Tavistock Clinic and elsewhere all over the world over many years. This sample of his writings will contribute to keeping his ideas alive and ensure his massive contribution to child and adult psychoanalysis will continue to inspire future generations of psychotherapists and analysts. Donald Meltzer was one of the few genuinely original minds within the psychoanalytic community. His approach can inspire trainees, while his theoretical insights continue to enrich the most experienced practitioners. For those yet unacquainted with his work, this Reader provides an ideal introduction. It also shows why Meltzer's contributions offer such fertile connections with allied fields, such as education, religion and art.
This book is one of a short series on the teaching of post-Kleinian analysis, with a companion volume on Teaching Bion.
A Place for Beauty in the Therapeutic Encounter is written for all psychotherapists, counsellors, and psychologists who practise under the broad banner of psychoanalytic thinking. It is also for anyone who loves beauty and wants to think more about its place in the mind.
This volume contains a representative selection of talks and writings by Martha Harris and Donald Meltzer on the key developmental phase of adolescence, from their teachings both separately and together over many years. Similar books on this topic by these authors have existed for some time in Italian and in Spanish but not until now in English.
This book is a tribute to Donald Melzer's extraordinary contribution to psychoanalysis. It includes many of the papers given at the Tavistock Centre in London to celebrate Meltzer's 75th Birthday. Among the contributions, Margaret Rustin and Michael Rustin write on the work of Samuel Beckett; Gianna Williams elaborates upon Meltzer's thinking about the meeting of mother and baby; Didier Houzel discusses the aesthetic conflict and its connection with beauty and violence; and the Psychoanalytic Group of Barcelona describe their experience in working with Meltzer as a visiting supervisor. There are also several papers discussing the clinical relevance of Meltzer's thinking, particularly in work with children and adolescents.Apart from these papers, the book also contains a candid review by Meltzer of his own writing and thinking. This book provides a unique set of perspectives on his work and influence, and the sheer diversity of fields in which his thinking is now being used. It will surely be of continuing value to anyone interested in the state of psychoanalysis
This volume is a collection of seminars and lectures the author gave to the Psychoanalytic Group of Barcelona under Dr Leon Grinberg, and later Dr Benito Lopez, during his visit to Barcelona. The clinical case studies outlined in the book address with typical variety the author's thoughts on clinical work with children and adults, and the numerous issues involved therein, including depression, jealousy, delusional omnipotence and perversion.
Este livro é fruto de encontros clínicos do grupo psicanalítico de Barcelona com Donald Meltzer durante 5 anos. Aurora Angulo Carrasco, Lluis Farré Grau, Claudio Bermann, Lucy Jachevasky, Miriam Botbol Acreche, Carmen Largo Adell, Rosa Castellà Berini, Yolanda La Torre Guevara, Dolors Cid Guimerá, Montserrat Martinez del Pozo, Nouhad Dow, Dulce M. Rguez. Martinez-Sierra, Perla Ducach-Moneta, Jesus Sanchez de Veja, Carlos Tabbia e Catharine Mack Smith resolveram publicar 12 dos seminários clínicos na integra, por terem contribuído enormemente para a formação analítica deste grupo e levado a um aprofundamento do pensamento pós-kleiniano.