{"title":"Joyce Anne Slochower","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoyce Anne Slochower's work explores the intricate connections between the mind and emotional wellbeing, with a particular focus on psychoanalysis and therapeutic practice. Her writing offers thoughtful insights for readers interested in the dynamics of mental health and the human psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese books provide valuable perspectives on healing and self-understanding, blending clinical expertise with compassionate reflection. Ideal for those seeking to deepen their knowledge of psychological theory and personal growth within the \u003cem\u003eHealth \u0026amp; Wellness\u003c\/em\u003e sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"holding-and-psychoanalysis-2nd-edition-by-joyce-anne-slochower-9780415640695","title":"Holding and Psychoanalysis, 2nd edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs there a baby in the relational consulting room? How and when can\/should we try to hold our patients? What happens to the analyst's subjectivity when she tries to hold?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHolding and Psychoanalysis: A Relational Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e (second edition), \u003cstrong\u003eJoyce Slochower\u003c\/strong\u003e brings a contemporary relational framework to bear on Winnicott's notion of the holding environment. Revisiting the clinical impact and theoretical underpinnings of holding, Slochower explores its function in those moments when \"ordinary\" interpretive or interactive work cannot be tolerated. Slochower expands the holding construct beyond the needs of dependent patients by examining its therapeutic function across the clinical spectrum. Emphasizing holding’s co-constructed nature, Slochower explores the contribution of both patient and analyst to the holding moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis second edition introduces new theoretical and clinical material, including four additional chapters. Two of these address holding’s impact on the patient’s capacity to access, articulate and process affect states; the third moves outside the consulting room to explore how holding functions in acts of memorial ritual across the lifespan. A final chapter presents \u003cstrong\u003eSlochower’s\u003c\/strong\u003e latest ideas about holding’s clinical function in buffering shame states.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIntegrating Winnicott's seminal contributions with contemporary relational and feminist\/psychoanalytic perspectives, \u003cstrong\u003eJoyce Slochower\u003c\/strong\u003e addresses the therapeutic limitations of both interpretive and interactive clinical work. There are times, she argues, when patients cannot tolerate explicit evidence of the analyst's separate presence and instead need a holding experience. \u003cstrong\u003eSlochower\u003c\/strong\u003e conceptualizes holding within a relational frame that includes both deliberate and enacted elements. In her view, the analyst does not hold alone; patient and analyst each participate in the establishment of a co-constructed holding space. \u003cstrong\u003eSlochower\u003c\/strong\u003e pays particular attention to the analyst's experience during moments of holding, offering rich clinical vignettes that illustrate the complex struggle that holding entails. She also addresses the therapeutic limits of holding and invites the reader to consider the analyst’s contribution to these failures. Slochower locates the holding process within a broader clinical framework that involves the transition toward collaboration—a move away from holding and into an explicitly intersubjective therapeutic frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolding and Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sophisticated integration of Winnicottian and relational thought that privileges the dynamic impact of holding moments on both patient and analyst. Thoroughly grounded in case examples, the book offers compelling clinical solutions to common therapeutic knots. Clearly written and carefully explicated, it will be an important addition to the libraries of psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606004285676,"sku":"9780415640695","price":388.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/792e26e61317abd9fc442fcc209f4ba6.jpg?v=1778193682"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/joyce-anne-slochower.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}