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Presents a “map” so that the reader can follow the cure-steps, and includes numerous cases with respect to this opportunity of tracing the cure of the symptom
Identifies two categories of symptoms: those that can be cured through the talking method; and, those that need medication along with the talking method in order to be cured
Offers criteria that enable a distinction to be made regarding any symptom -- as to whether the symptom is intractable and needs medication, or not
Provides the reader a perspective of the history of symptom psychology, leading to this particular contribution regarding the discovery of the infrastructure of symptoms and their cure
Illustrates through examples and discussion why some symptoms offer relief of tension while others increase tension
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Context
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The Clinical Casebook: Accessible Symptoms
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The Clinical Casebook: Inaccessible Symptoms
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About this book
Reviews
In this volume, Dr. Henry Kellerman has constructed a lens through which the inner working of pscyhological symptoms can be clearly seen. Along with this he has proposed a code for unraveling such symptoms. He then carefully applies this symptom-code, in detail, to a wide variety of symptoms. This is an important psychoanalytic work; and elegant conception, elegantly presented. -- Harry Sands, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Editor, Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; and Former President, New York State Psychological Association
In a compelling theoretical synthesis, Dr. Kellerman proposes that the only phenomenon in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy subject to cure is the patient's psychological symptom. All else is helping the patient struggle better. An X-ray of the symptom is developed and a method to efficiently penetrate the symptom is demonstrated. The important contribution here is that Kellerman has distilled the four basic elements that comprise a symptom-code -- a universal key that unlocks symptoms. I believe this work is a tour de force, and constitutes a classic advance psychoanalytic understanding. -- Vincenzo Conigliaro, M.D., Dean and Medical Director, Training Institute for Mental Health
Dr. Kellerman introduces a system called the symptom-code that enables clinicians to understand and treate a wide variety of debilitating symptoms. Much of Dr. Kellerman's case material reads like a detective story in which the symptom-code is applied and the meaning of the symptom becomes readily apparent. The reader will find these cases fascinating and the explanations given by Dr. Kellerman quite convincing. -- Mary Beth M. Cresci, Past President, Section of Psychologist/Psychoanalyst Practitioners
Authors and Affiliations
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Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, New York, USA
Henry Kellerman
About the author
Henry Kellerman, Ph.D. is training analyst and senior supervisor at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in New York City. He is the author and editor of numerous works and scientific papers and was the editor of the Columbia University book series Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy: Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives. A former National Institute of Mental Health Fellow, Dr. Kellerman is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He maintains a private psychoanalytic practice in New York City.
Anthony Burry, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst and Diplomate at the American Board of Assessment Psychology. He was formerly the Director of Psychology Internship training, supervisor, and faculty member at the Postgraduate Center of Mental Health. Dr. Burry was also Director of Psychological Evaluation at Comprehensive Psychological Services, and a Senior Supervisor of school mental health programs at the Brooklyn Center for Psychotherapy. He maintains a private practice in psychotherapy and psychodiagnostic testing in New York City.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Psychoanalysis of Symptoms
Authors: Henry Kellerman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72248-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-72247-4Published: 26 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2470-4Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-72248-1Published: 23 October 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 170
Topics: Clinical Psychology