From Sign to Symbol: Transformational Processes in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, and Psychology (Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Assessment in the Twenty-first Century) PDF
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From Sign to Symbol Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Assessment in the Twenty-First Century SeriesEditors StevenTuber,CityUniversityofNewYorkatCityCollege MissionStatement Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Assessment establishes a milieu for the presentation of scholarly clinical work through a developmental lens. The emphasis throughout the seriesisontheintegrationofscholarshipandpracticethroughwritingsthatareinformed by both sources of learning. This domain includes works that document both evidence- based and traditional approaches within the field and applies these approaches to work with infants, children, adolescents, and adults. Efforts that link assessment to treatment areespeciallywelcome,asareintegrationsbetweenneuropsychological(brain-based)and psychological (mind or self-based) formulations about personality development and its aberrations.Theimpactoftrauma,bothchronicandacute,onthepsychologicallivesof itsvictimsisalsoanimportantareaofstudywithinthisdomain.Newvoiceswithinthe fieldareencouragedtowriteabouttheinterfacebetweenthecontentandprocessoftheir emergent thinking and practice. In addition to the areas mentioned above, more experi- enced clinical scholars are encouraged to write about the supervisory process and its impactonboththeoryandpractice.Worksthatfocusonspecificdevelopmentalprocesses and paradigms atpoints throughoutthelifespan areanotherwelcome area forcontribu- tions. TitlesintheSeries GuidedEnactmentsinPsychoanalyticPsychotherapy:ANewLookatTherapywith AdultsandChildren,bySebastianoSantostefano FromSigntoSymbol:TransformationalProcessesinPsychoanalysis,Psychotherapy, andPsychology,byJosephNewirth From Sign to Symbol Transformational Processes in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, and Psychology Joseph Newirth LEXINGTONBOOKS Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•London PublishedbyLexingtonBooks AnimprintofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com UnitA,WhitacreMews,26-34StannaryStreet,LondonSE114AB Copyright©2018byTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Newirth,Joseph,author. Title:Fromsigntosymbol:transformationalprocessesinpsychoanalysis,psychotherapy,and psychology/JosephNewirth. Description:Lanham:LexingtonBooks,[2017]|Series:Psychodynamicpsychotherapyandassess- mentinthetwenty-firstcentury|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2017060522(print)|LCCN2017059620(ebook)|ISBN9781498576857(Elec- tronic)|ISBN9781498576840(cloth:alk.paper) Subjects:LCSH:Psychoanalysis.|Psychotherapy.|Psychology. Classification:LCCRC506(print)|LCCRC506.N49532017(ebook)|DDC616.89/17--dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2017060522 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Iwanttodedicatethisbooktomyfamily:Eleanor,Michael,Karen, Tyler,Hazel,andViolet.Therearenowordstoexpresshowmuchyour love,kindness,humor,andencouragementhavemeantduringthislong journey.ThemostimportantpartofanyjourneyisreturninghomeandI amsogratefulthatyouarealwaysthere. Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction:LostintheFog xi 1 FromSigntoSymbol:TheEvolutionofPsychoanalysisfroma SearchForTruthtotheCreationofMeaning 1 2 TransformationalModelsinPsychoanalysis:Developmental, Cognitive,andNeuropsychology 19 3 TheDreamasaTransformationalExperience:Culturaland PsychoanalyticPerspectives 41 4 HumorasaUniversalHumanEmotion 53 5 PleasureintheTransitionalSpace:Intersubjectivityand Transformation 69 6 DissociativeProcessesasaFailureofSymbolicFunctioningand Mentalization 87 7 TheBrokenContainer:DevelopingSymbolicProcessesin Psychotherapy 99 8 LearningtoRideaBicycle:ProceduralandNarrativeProcesses inSupervision 117 9 TransformationalProcesses:Self-ReflectiveThought, Metaphor,andSymbol 129 References 145 Index 153 AbouttheAuthor 157 vii
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