Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Credits List
Introduction – Projective Identification, Counter-Transference and the Destructive Superego
Key Concepts in My Approach: Projective Identification, Counter-Transference and the Destructive Superego
Projective Identification
Counter-transference
The Destructive Superego
Therapeutic Technique in My Approach
Summaries of Parts of the Book
Part I Depression
Chapter 1 The Destructive Superego and Depression
Part II Death
Chapter 2 Dependency, Loneliness and Death
Chapter 3 Fears of Death and Fears of Dying
Part III Psychosis
Chapter 4 Violence and Psychosis
Chapter 5 Grief and Psychosis – The First Year of Therapy With J
Chapter 6 Encounters With a Psychotic Superego – The Second Year of Therapy With J
Chapter 7 Struggles to Contain Madness – The Third Year of Therapy With J
Chapter 8 Mourning Omnipotence – The Fourth Year of Therapy With J
Part IV Life
Chapter 9 War
Chapter 10 The Holocaust
Chapter 11 Entitlement
Chapter 12 Sexual Identity
Notes
References
Part I Depression
Chapter 1 The Destructive Superego and Depression
Introduction
The Relationship Between the Ego and the Superego
Clinical Illustrations of the Emancipation of the Ego From the Dominance of a Destructive Superego
1. Mrs D – a Case Study From Britton
2. Mrs A – A Case Study From My Practice
Concluding Reflections About Therapeutic Technique
References
Part II Death
Chapter 2 Dependency, Loneliness and Death
Introduction
Dependency
Loneliness
Death
Concluding Reflections
References
Chapter 3 Fears of Death and Fears of Dying
Introduction
Fears of Dying
Fears of Death
Ending Therapy
Concluding Reflections On Death and Dying
References
Part III Psychosis
Chapter 4 Violence and Psychosis
Introduction
Violence and Projective Identification
Fear of Separateness and Fear of Closeness
The Importance of Father Or a Third Figure
Concluding Reflections
References
Chapter 5 Grief and Psychosis – The First Year of Therapy With J
Introduction
The First Year With J
Concluding Reflections On the First Year
References
Chapter 6 Encounters With a Psychotic Superego – The Second Year of Therapy With J
Introduction
The Second Year
Concluding Reflections On the Second Year
References
Chapter 7 Struggles to Contain Madness – The Third Year of Therapy With J
Introduction
The Third Year of Therapy
Concluding Reflections On the Third Year
References
Chapter 8 Mourning Omnipotence – The Fourth Year of Therapy With J
Introduction
The Ending of the Therapy in the Fourth Year
Concluding Reflections
A Post Script
References
Part IV Life
Chapter 9 War
A Precis of No Man’s Land
Some Reflections
Chapter 10 The Holocaust
A Precis of the Novel
Some Reflections
References
Chapter 11 Entitlement
A Precis of the Novel
Some Reflections
My Epilogue
References
Chapter 12 Sexual Identity
References
Appendix 1 Some Kleinian Concepts
Internal Objects
The Paranoid-Schizoid Position
The Depressive Position
Appendix 2 Psychoanalytic Studies of Psychosis Which Informed My Work
References
Index