Given the complexity of scientific developments inside and outside the psychoanalytic field, traditional definitions of basic psychoanalytic notions are no longer sufficiently comprehensive. This book discusses theoretical concepts which explain current clinical expressions that are as inexpressible as they are commonplace. The book aims at contrasting the ideas of Winnicott and Kohut, which are connected with a clinical practice that sees each patient as unique and are moreover in direct contact with empirical facts.
Key Features
- Explores new conceptualizations of psychoanalytic notions.
- Addresses clinical phenomena observed in present-day patients.
- Contrasts the ideas of Winnicott and Kohut in relation to complex patients.
- Expands paths in both the theory and practice of psychoanalysis.
Additional Information
Our patients resort to these expressions when they feel distressed by their perception of themselves as unreal, empty, fragile, non-existent, non-desiring, doubtful about their identity, beset by feelings of futility and apathy, and emotionally numb. Uniquely contrasting the works of two seminal thinkers with a Latin American perspective, Winnicott and Kohut on Intersubjectivity and Complex Disorders will be invaluable to clinicians and psychoanalysts.
