On Learning from the Patient is concerned with the potential for psychoanalytic thinking to become self-perpetuating. Patrick Casement explores the dynamics of the helping relationship, learning to recognise how patients offer cues to the therapeutic experience that they are unconsciously in search of. He shows how, with the aid of internal supervision, initial failures to respond appropriately can be remedied and even used to the benefit of the therapeutic work.
Key Features
- Illustrates key clinical issues through numerous clinical examples.
- Focuses on the processes of interactive communication and containment applicable to all caring professions.
- Provides a frank presentation of the author’s own work in a lucid and non-technical language.
- Includes a new introduction by Andrew Samuels in this Classic Edition.
- Serves as an invaluable training resource for trainee and practising analysts or therapists.
Additional Information
This work aims to help analysts and therapists better distinguish what aids the therapeutic process from what hinders it. By approaching psychoanalytic therapy as a process of re-discovering theory, the author develops techniques that are more specifically related to the individual patient. Together with its sequel, Further Learning from the Patient, this book offers valuable insights for those teaching in related professions.
Specifications
- Author: Patrick Casement
- Edition: Classic Edition
- Includes introduction by Andrew Samuels
