Kohut's Twinship Across Cultures: The Psychology of Being Human chronicles a 10-year voyage in which the authors struggled, initially independently, to make sense of Kohut‘s intentions when he radically re-defined the twinship experience to one of being human among other human beings. Commencing with an exploration of Kohut’s work on twinship, Togashi and Kottler introduce a new sensitivity to understanding particular psychoanalytic relational processes, trauma, and the meaning of life. Together they tackle the twinship concept, which has often been misunderstood and about which little has been written.
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- Expands and elaborates upon Kohut’s final definition of twinship.
- Explores the complexity of being human among others, using clinical material.
- Aids clinicians in understanding and working with trauma.
- Written for psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists.
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The book problematizes the concept of being human, demonstrating the intricacies involved in recognising and working with traumatized patients who have never experienced this feeling. It asks how a sense of being human can be generated and how this might help clinicians to better understand and work with trauma. Twinship Across Cultures will also be invaluable to clinicians in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, social work, psychiatry, and education.
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