Recognising, Understanding and Treating Nameless States

A Psychoanalytic Exploration
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-56166-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 231 g

Reihe: The Routledge Wilfred R. Bion Studies Book Series

In this captivating volume, Bernd Nissen considers the multiplicity of nameless states, and the impact of their discovery on psychoanalytic theory and practice.

The nameless is considered through a variety of lenses: trauma, unrepresented states, autistoid/autistic states, breakdown, non-existence, and unrepressed/unstructured consciousness. Nissen draws upon the work of Freud and Bion to inform his exploration of nameless states and the ways in which they might be located, understood and conceptualised. He illuminates the processes of transformation into the psychic and asks how nameless states can be psychically anchored. Clinical vignettes are used throughout to illustrate the consequences for treatment, as well as interpretations of complex holding situations.

This book will be of interest to analysts both in practice and in training, as well as psychotherapists and mental health practitioners wishing to understand nameless states more deeply.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nissen, Bernd

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Autismus und Asperger-Syndrom

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. Psychoanalytical considerations on nameless states 2. Attempt at a conceptualisation of the nameless 3. Methodical and technical issues 4. Basic and practical-technical issues 5. Critical conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Bernd Nissen is a training and control analyst, and a psychoanalyst (DPV/IPV) in private practice in Germany. His main areas of work are autistoid disorders, psychoanalytic technique, and scientific and theoretical questions on psychoanalysis. He has edited and published several journal articles and books in various languages.