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Franco De Masi
Franco De Masi opens psychotherapeutic practice to include psychic suffering considered unreachable. 'Unanalysable' patients have an inactive dynamic unconscious, so clinicians must go beyond to engage with psychic processes outside…
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Why does someone resolve to take his own life in order to murder other people? What is the state of mind which allows him to commit such a monstrous act…
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This book, intertwining the psychoanalytic approach with the historical, sociological and political analysis that confirms the complexity and many-sidedness of the subject, deals with the devastating phenomenon of suicide terrorism.
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Franco de Masi
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Treating Psychosis shows how, by understanding the antecedents and dynamics of psychosis, a psychoanalytic approach can offer a long-term alternative to the only psychotropic therapy and…
In this book the author examines the series of connections that give rise to the intimate relationship between environment and individual in the construction of emotional suffering, emphasising both the…
This book examines the terminology used in the analysis of sadomasochism, surveys extensively, and in detail, the theories of other psychoanalysts, and explores the relationship between sadomasochism and depression; its…
This book postulates that the trigger of the psychotic condition is located in the basic processes which structure the first emotional relations. It presents some of the reasons why patients…
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This book describes the life of Karl Abraham, his work in Zurich and Berlin, and his scientific relationship with Freud. Abraham wrote important papers which form the base of clinical…
Eminent author, psychoanalyst, and lecturer Franco De Masi imparts his inspirational wisdom on psychopathology and psychoanalytic clinical work for aspiring and practising analysts. He discusses key concepts, including how these…
Herbert A. Rosenfeld
These transcripts, with their dialogical form, succeed in capturing much of the specificity of oral exchange, and thus convey a strong impression of Rosenfeld the man as much as clinician…
Riccardo Steiner
