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Author Newirth, Joseph, author.

Title From sign to symbol : transformational processes in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and psychology / Joseph Newirth
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Assessment in the Twenty-first Century
Psychodynamic psychotherapy and assessment in the twenty-first century.
Contents Introduction: lost in the fog -- From sign to symbol: the evolution of psychoanalysis from a search for truth to the creation of meaning -- Transformational models in psychoanalysis: developmental, cognitive, and neuropsychology -- The dreams as a transformational experience: cultural and psychoanalytic perspectives -- Humor as a universal human emotion -- Pleasure in the transitional space: intersubjectivity and transformation -- Dissociative processes as a failure of symbolic functioning and mentalization -- The broken container: developing symbolic processes in psychotherapy -- Learning to ride a bicycle: procedural and narrative processes in supervision -- Transformational processes: self-reflective thought, metaphor, and symbol
Summary From Sign to Symbol describes emerging approaches to the unconscious experience and the development of emotional meaning in intersubjective, implicit relationships. He presents strategies that utilize symmetrical, impactful interventions in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and psychotherapy supervision through a combination of insights from contemporary psychoanalysis, neuropsychology, and cognitive and developmental psychology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Psychoanalysis.
Psychotherapy.
Psychology.
Psychology
psychoanalysis.
psychology.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL / Diseases
MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017060522
ISBN 9781498576857
1498576850