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What Happens When the Analyst Dies explores the stories of patients who have experienced the death of their analyst. The book prioritizes the voices of patients, letting them articulate for themselves the challenges and heartache that occur when grappling with such a devastating loss. It also addresses the challenges faced by analysts who work with grieving patients and/or experience serious illness while treating patients. Claudia Heilbrunn brings together contributors who discuss their personal experiences with bereavement and/or serious illness within the psychoanalytic encounter. Chapters include memoirs written by patients who describe not only the aftermath of an analyst's death, but also how the analyst's ability or inability to deal with his or her own illness and impending death within the treatment setting impacted the patient's own capacity to cope with their loss. Other chapters broach the challenges that arise (1) in 'second analyses', (2) for the ill analyst, and (3) for those who face the death of an analyst or mentor while in training. Aiming to give prominence to the often neglected and unmediated voices of patients, as well as analysts who have dealt with grieving patients and serious illness, What Happens When the Analyst Dies strives to highlight and encourage discussion about the impact of an analyst's death on patients and the ways in which institutes and therapists could do more to protect those in their care. It will be of interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, counselors, gerontologists, trainees, and patients who are currently in treatment or whose therapist has passed away.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139780367261085
eBay Product ID (ePID)24046526479
Product Key Features
Number of Pages294 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWhat Happens When the Analyst Dies: Unexpected Terminations in Psychoanalysis
Publication Year2019
SubjectPsychology
TypeTextbook
AuthorClaudia Heilbrunn
Subject AreaClinical Psychology
SeriesPsychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight431 g
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EditorClaudia Heilbrunn
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom