{"title":"Judith L. Mitrani","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudith L. Mitrani\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate intersections of psychoanalysis and its theoretical foundations. Her work invites readers to engage deeply with the complexities of the human psyche, offering insightful perspectives on mental health and inner experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on both \u003cem\u003eHealth \u0026amp; Wellness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e, Mitrani’s books provide thoughtful frameworks for understanding the imaginary and the unconscious. They are essential reading for those interested in the nuanced dialogue between theory and therapeutic practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-framework-for-the-imaginary-by-judith-l-mitrani-9781855756793","title":"A Framework for the Imaginary","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary depiction of one analyst's efforts to receive and respond to the vivid impressions of her patients' raw and sometimes even unmentalized experiences as they are highlighted in the transference-countertransference connection. Mitrani attempts to feel, suffer, mentally transform, and, finally, verbally construct for and with the patient possible meanings for those immediate versions of life’s earliest experiences as they are re-enacted in the therapeutic relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe uses insights from this therapeutic work to contribute to the metapsychology of British and American object relations as well as to the psychoanalytic theory of technique. In these eleven essays, Dr Mitrani masterfully integrates the work of Klein, Winnicott, Bion and Tustin as she leads us on an expedition through primitive emotional territories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe clears the way toward detecting and understanding the survival function of certain pathological manoeuvres deployed by patients when confronted by unthinkable anxieties. In her vivid accounts of numerous clinical cases, she provides and demonstrates the tools needed to effect a transformation of unmentalized experiences within the context of the therapeutic relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout her writings, she warns of some of the pitfalls we may encounter along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Framework for the Imaginary\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling exploration of these complex therapeutic dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47604947222764,"sku":"9781855756793","price":93.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781855756793-a-framework-for-the-imaginary.jpg?v=1778115922"},{"product_id":"psychoanalytic-technique-and-theory-by-judith-l-mitrani-9781782201625","title":"Psychoanalytic Technique and Theory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume consists of a series of essays inspired by Freud's paper on Jensen's novel \u003cem\u003eGradiva\u003c\/em\u003e - \"she who steps along.\" In the story, a young archaeologist, Norbert Hanold, suffers from delusions but is able to unravel the mysteries of his emotional life and mind with the aid of a woman who does not challenge these delusions, but rather \"steps along\" with Hanold, gradually helping him to disentangle truth from fantasy, through what Freud called \"cure by love\". \u003cem\u003eGradiva\u003c\/em\u003e, originally felt to be the source of Hanold's malady, eventually becomes the agent of its resolution and of his return to health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis extraordinary tale formed the basis for Judith Mitrani's concept of \"taking the transference\". Through clinical vignettes, various aspects of psychoanalytic technique - useful from the first encounter between patient and analyst and throughout the process of the development of mind to termination - are illustrated in detail. These chapters are rooted in, explicate and expand upon the theoretical tenets of Freud, Klein, Bion and Tustin, and focus on the act of observing and \"taking the transference\", particularly at the infantile level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSalient topics include the importance of listening in the beginning of analysis with those who know little about analysis as well as with those who \"know all\" about it; technical implications derived from works by Klein, Bion and Tustin; analytic encounters with adults and adolescents, a psychoanalytic take on a contemporary film, and some ways in which psychoanalysis may lend further meaning to neuroscientific studies on autism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607469015276,"sku":"9781782201625","price":86.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781782201625-psychoanalytic-technique-and-theory.jpg?v=1778166073"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/judith-l-mitrani.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}