Analysis of the Incest Trauma: Retrieval, Recovery, Renewal

369 Pages·2015·2.046 MB·English

by  Arnold W. Rachman, Susan Klett

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211 There is no meaningful way to express our gratitude to the many
1 incest survivors with whom we have shared their life struggles.
2 Without their willingness to open their hearts and minds to us, we
3 would not have been able to write this book. These courageous and
4 thoughtful people include the individuals of the case studies of
5 “Samantha,” “W.,” “Winston,” “Laura,” and “Soma”, who willingly
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9 This book is the third in a planned trilogy that emerged from
30 Arnold’s research project, begun in 1976, on the life and work of
1 Sándor Ferenczi. Susan’s impressive presentation in Budapest, “The
2 many faces of trauma”, on Ferenczi’s influence on her work, led to an
3 invitation for her to join in and contribute to this significant endeavor.
4 In some ways, it is the most natural one to write because Ferenczi’s
5 ideas and clinical work began the formal study and treatment of the
6 incest trauma. Arnold Rachman considers Ferenczi his mentor, since
7 his ideas, clinical work, methods, and career continue to provide him
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2 affirmation to pursue Ferenczi studies and the study of incest. We are
3 grateful to Beatrice Beebe, PhD, Henry Kellerman, PhD, Robert
4 Marshall, PhD, Paul Mattick, PhD, and the late Esther Menaker, PhD.
5 We are also grateful to Lew Aron, PhD, for originally reviewing the
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211 Arnold W. Rachman, PhD, FAGPA, is training and supervising
1 analyst at Postgrad* The Institute of the Postgraduate Psychoanalytic
2 Society; Clinical Professor of Psychology, Derner Institute, Adelphi
3 University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psycho-
4 therapy, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, New York University
5 Medical Center; Faculty, Trauma and Disaster Studies Program in the
6 New York Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, Board of
7 Directors, The Sándor Ferenczi Center. The New School for Social
8 Research. He is an Honorary Member, Sándor Ferenczi Society,
9 Budapest, Hungary, and the author of Sándor Ferenczi: The
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1 Difficult Cases(2003); Elizabeth Severn: The Evil Genius of Psychoanalysis
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4 Susan A. Klett, LCSW-R, BCD, NCPsyA, is a faculty member of
5 Postgrad* The Institute of the Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society,
6 where she has been a former Board Member and Past President of The
7 Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society. She is the Director of Profes-
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911 dation of The New York State Society for Clinical Social Work. Ms
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