Masochism: Current Psychoanalytic Perspectives

249 Pages·1993·5.85 MB·English

by  Robert A. Glick, Donald I. Meyers

Masochism
CURRENT
PSYCHOANALYTIC
PERSPECTIVES
Edited by
ROBERT A. GLICK
DONALD I. MEYERS
MASOCHISM
Current Psychoanalytic Perspectives
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MASOCHISM
Current Psychoanalytic Perspectives
edited by
Robert A. Glick
Donald I. Meyers
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THE ANALYTIC PRESS
1988 Hillsdale, NJ Hove and london
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Library of Congnss CaWoging·in·Publication Data
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Masochism. 2. Psychoanalysis. I. Glick, Robert A., 1941-. II. Meyers, Donald I.,
1926-
(DNLM: 1. Masochism. 2. Psychoanalytic Theory.
3.Sadism. WM 610 M398)
RC553.M36M37 1987 616.85'835 87-18694
ISBN 0-88163-171-X
Masochism: current psychoanalytic perspectives
First paperback edition 1993
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Contributors ix
1/ Introduction 1
Robert A. Glick and Donald I. Meyers
2/ The Concept of Character: A Historical Review 27
Robert S. Liebert
31 Sadomasochistic Excitement: Character Disorder and
Perversion 43
Stanley}. Coen
4/ Clinical Dimensions of Masochism 61
Otto F. Kernberg
51 Those Wrecked by Success 81
Roy Schafer
6/ The Analytic Concepts of Masochism: A Reevaluation 93
Stuart S. Asch
71 The Narcissistic-Masochistic Character 117
Arnold M. Cooper
8/ Masochism and the Repetition Compulsion 139
john E. Gedo
9/ On Masochism: A Theoretical and Clinical Approach 151
Herbert A. Rosenfeld
10/ A Consideration of Treatment Techniques in Relation to
the Functions of Masochism 175
Helen Meyers
11i The Precursors of Masochism: Protomasochism 189
Eleanor Galenson
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12/ Adolescent Masochism 205
Charles A. Sarnoff
Author Index 225
Subject Index 229
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Acknowledgments
The idea for this volume grew out of a symposium held in March of
1983 by the Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine in collaboration
with the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and
Research on the treatment of difficult characters, organized under the
guidance of the then president of the Association, Dr. Paul Bradlow.
The focus of this symposium was on the understanding and treat­
ment of severely masochistic and narcissistic characters. It was at the
suggestion of Dr. Helen Meyers, who pointed to the lack in the
psychoanalytic literature of a comprehensive volume on contempo­
rary views of masochism, that we decided to undertake this book.
Taking a point of departure the symposium presentations on maso­
chistic pathology and its treatment, we expanded and supplemented
them with contributions by other authorities in the field.
We wish to thank the committee that organized the symposium:
Drs. Arnold Rothstein (Chairman), Paul Bradlow, Arnold Cooper,
Gerald Fogel, Otto Kernberg, Roger MacKinnon, Helen Meyers, Rob­
ert Michels, and Roy Schafer, as well as those other participants of
the symposium whose contributions were not included in this vol­
ume: Drs. Frederick Lane, Roger MacKinnon, Robert Michels, Arnold
Rothstein, and Daniel Stern.
There are few people in particular whose help with their clinical
and theoretical wisdom, ideas, and insights deserves special men­
tion. They are Drs. Gerald Fogel, Roger MacKinnon, Helen Meyers,
and Samuel Perry.
We also appreciate very much the encouragement and support for
this project provided by the current president of the Association for
Psychoanalytic Medicine, Dr. Robert Liebert, and by the publication
committee of the Association under the chairmanship of Dr. Stanley
Coen.
We are further grateful to Dr. Paul Stepansky for his encourage­
ment in bringing this volume to life, and we are greatly indebted to
Eleanor Starke Kobrin for her patience and invaluable editorial help
in its creation.
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viii Acknowledgments
Finally, Terry Montgomery, the administrative secretary of the
Association, deserves our most profound appreciation for her tireless
dedication and resiliency under fire in the actual completion of this
enterprise.
-The Editors
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Contributors
STUART S. ASCH, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, The New
York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, New York
City; Training and Supervising Analyst, Columbia University
Center for Psycho!lnalytic Training and Research.
STANLEY J. COEN, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University;
Faculty, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Train­
ing and Research.
ARNOLD M. COOPER, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Associate
Chairman for Education, Department of Psychiatry, The New
York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, New York
City; Training and Supervising Analyst, Columbia University
Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
ELEANOR GALENSON, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Past president, World Asso­
cai tion for Infant Psychiatry; Lecturer, Columbia University
Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
JOHN E. GEDO, M.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, Chicago
Institute for Psychoanalysis.
ROBERT A. GLICK, M.D. (editor), Associate Clinical Professor of
Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia
University; Associate Director and Training and Supervising
Analyst, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Train­
ing and Research.
OTID F. KERNBERG, M.D., Associate Chairman and Medical Direc­
tor, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westch­
ester Division; Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University
Medical College; Training and Supervising Analyst, Columbia
University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
ROBERT S. LIEBERT, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, College
of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; Training
and Supervising Analyst, Columbia University Center for Psy­
choanalytic Training and Research; Adjunct Professor of Psy-
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