Working with Difficult Patients : From Neurosis to Psychosis.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE What do we mean by difficult patients? -- CHAPTER TWO Trauma as a source of pathology -- CHAPTER THREE Trauma in the primary relationship -- CHAPTER FOUR Defences and psychopathological constructions -- CHAPTER FIVE Psychic withdrawal -- CHAPTER SIX The superego in difficult patients -- CHAPTER SEVEN The unconscious in neurotic, borderline, and psychotic patients -- PART II -- CHAPTER EIGHT The pathology of sexuality -- CHAPTER NINE The erotic transference: from dream to delusion -- CHAPTER TEN Is it possible to cure paedophilia? -- CHAPTER ELEVEN The enigma of transsexualism -- CHAPTER TWELVE Reflections on the origins of sexual perversions -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN The perverse fascination of the destructive organisation -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Pathological dependences on the Internet -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Some problems in treating borderline patients -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Elements for the analytic therapy of psychotic patients -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The therapeutic approach to the delusional experience -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The problematic position of the transference in the psychotic state -- CHAPTER NINETEEN Difficult patients: conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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