Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; General introduction; Introduction; The Mirror: a perverse sexual phantasy in a woman seen as a defence against psychotic breakdown; Interpretation: the past in the present; The constitution and operation of the superego; Construction as reliving history; Introduction; Self-punishment as defence; Technical problems in the analysis of a pseudo-compliant patient; As-if: the phenomenon of not learning; Hyperbole in hysteria: 'How can we know the dancer from the dance?'; Pain, sorrow and resolution; Introduction
Summary
Reisenberg-Malcolm provides clear guidance on how the analyst can encourage the patient to communicate their often intolerably painful states of mind, and how to interpret these communications
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-198) and index
