The Dissociative Mind in Psychoanalysis: Understanding and Working With Trauma is an invaluable and cutting-edge resource providing the current theory, practice, and research on trauma and dissociation within psychoanalysis. Elizabeth Howell and Sheldon Itzkowitz bring together experts in the field of dissociation and psychoanalysis, providing a comprehensive and forward-looking overview of the current thinking on trauma and dissociation. The volume contains articles on the history of concepts of trauma and dissociation, the linkage of complex trauma and dissociative problems in living, and different modalities of treatment and theoretical approaches based on a new understanding of this linkage.
Key Features
- Comprehensive overview of trauma and dissociation in psychoanalysis.
- Expert contributions from leaders in the field.
- Clear explanation of the causes of pathological dissociation.
- Reviews of important new research related to trauma and dissociation.
Additional Information
The Dissociative Mind in Psychoanalysis will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapists, trauma therapists, and students. Overarching all of these is a clear explanation of how pathological dissociation is caused by trauma and how this affects psychological organisation—concepts which have often been largely misunderstood.
