Creative Engagement in Psychoanalytic Practice fills the gaps in current clinical training and theory by highlighting the importance of the analyst’s unique voice, creativity, and embodied awareness in authentically being with and relating to patients. In this original and personal account, Henry Markman provides an integrated approach toward analytic work that focuses on engaged embodied dialogue between analyst and patient, where emotional states are shared in an open circuit of communication as the route to self-discovery and growth.
Key Features
- Emphasizes the therapeutic importance of the analyst’s embodied presence and openness.
- Focuses on improvisational accompaniment and love within the analytic framework.
- Includes vivid clinical vignettes that illustrate the emotional work of the analyst.
- Integrates a variety of contemporary theories in an approachable and alive way.
Additional Information
The involvement of the analyst’s singular and spontaneous self is crucial. From over 30 years of clinical practice and teaching, Markman has synthesized a variety of contemporary theories in an approachable and alive way. This book will appeal to psychoanalytically oriented clinicians, ranging from those beginning training to the most seasoned practitioners.
