Recent Developments In Psychoanalysis Research Articles

The Encounter With the Other: The Space Where Love and Threat Confront Each Other

The construing process allowing people to give shape and meaning to their experience is what personal construct psychology (PCP) is primarily interested in. Particular emphasis is placed on one’s construction of experience of other people, which makes PCP psychology concerned first and foremost with relationality. It would therefore be improper to speak of a relational turn in PCP, as is often done about the recent developments in psychoanalysis and in other psychological and psychotherapeutic approaches. But, based on the PCP literature of the last few decades, it is our opinion that we are witnessing what seems to be an attempt to highlight even more clearly the centrality of human relatedness in Kelly’s theory, to the point of clarifying, extending, or partially revising its original formulation. The contributions to this special issue of the journal present varying aspects and ways of being in relation through a diversity of lenses in terms of approach (philosophical vs psychological research), contents and focus.

Challenging Oedipus in changing families: Gender identifications and access to origins in same-sex parent families created through third-party reproduction

ABSTRACTSocio-cultural changes and advancements in assisted reproduction over the past 40 years have led to a rise in new family forms, including same-sex parent families formed through donor insemination or surrogacy, wherein the loving couple does not coincide with the generative couple and the parents do not embody sexual difference. Can we still understand the gender identification processes and the path of accessing one’s origins through the lens of the Oedipal complex? In keeping with the Freudian concepts of “psychosexuality,” “primal scene” and “family romance,” as well as the more recent developments in psychoanalysis, attachment theory and infant research, this article aims at revisiting the Oedipal “complex” as Oedipal “complexity,” which may apply irrespective of parents’ anatomical characteristics. However, this “complexity” does not renounce parents’ bodies and sexuality as important to children’s development. Maintaining the concept of third following the parental couple, and position within generations in the idea of Oedipal complexity, the authors suggest that a child’s development pathways will depend not only on the intersection of the child’s Oedipal and pre-Oedipal levels, but also on the parents’ early relational events and internalisation of their own parental figures, which are not necessarily pre-determined by their gender or sexual orientation.

What Would I Do with Lacan Today?: Thoughts on Sartre, Lacan, and Contemporary Psychoanalysis

This article is a reply to Blake Scott’s discussion of the Sartrean critique of Lacan that I present in three chapters of Sartre and Psychoanalysis. Here I revisit those chapters, written 25 years ago, with questions about how I might approach Lacan today. I also discuss how I might approach recent developments in psychoanalysis, some of which are influenced by both Lacan and postmodernism. While I still think Lacan does not give an adequate account of agency and responsibility, there are definitely parallels between Sartre and Lacan and even a significant, though ambiguous, debt that Lacan owes to Sartre, similar to the often-neglected influence of Sartre on postmodern philosophy. The rest of the article considers the influence of postmodernism and existential phenomenology on contemporary psychoanalysis. Despite certain theoretical difficulties, the relational and intersubjective emphasis in much of contemporary psychoanalysis, combined with a rejection of drive theory, is in some ways surprisingly compatible with Sartre’s requirements for an existential psychoanalysis.

Interview with Morris Eagle.

This interview was conducted from New York via Skype with Morris Eagle at his home in Los Angeles. Safran: Hi Morris. Thanks for joining us this afternoon. As we were setting up the Skype connection, I was thinking about your most recent book, From Classical to Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and your book Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis, published in 1984, and it seems to me that they make nice bookends. Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis was a real classic. In some ways, it’s linked in my mind with Greenberg and Mitchell’s 1983 book, Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory, as marking an important shift that was starting to take place in psychoanalysis toward more interpersonal and relational perspectives. I think your most recent book has the makings of a similar type of classic. It provides a clear, comprehensive perspective on where psychoanalysis began and how it has evolved. It’s synthetic, balanced, and at the same time, in your trademark style, very critical, in a constructive way. Thinking back to where psychoanalysis was at the time that your 1984 book was published, I was wondering, what, from your perspective, stands out as the most important changes that have taken place? What’s happened in the field that has surprised you? Have there been developments that you did not anticipate, or are there developments that looked promising then and now look disappointing to you? Eagle: My sense right now is that what’s happened mainly in the last 25 or so years has largely been a continuation of what was apparent then. That is, the emergence of a relational point of view and its increasing influence in psychoanalysis, a continuation of a self-psychology perspective, and so on. You noticed in the most recent book I don’t have much to say about the work of Bion or Lacan, which I know is very popular in certain circles. I’ll explain why in a moment—although the easy answer is that I’ve made attempts to try to understand both and life is relatively short and one has to prioritize. In both cases, I have not entirely given up, but in both cases I have at least tentatively given up. But I’ll elaborate more in a moment. But more directly to your question, I think a number of things have happened. For one, in many ways the key relational theorists have now become part of the mainstream. For example, Jay Greenberg is now the editor of Psychoanalytic Quarterly. The work of theorists like Adrienne Harris, Lewis Aron, and Jessica Benjamin is now reasonably well

Painful Interactions: The Elusive Mother-Daughter Relationship in Alice Munro’s “The Peace of Utrecht”

This paper deals with the narrative treatment of an obsessive theme in Alice Munro’s fiction: the mother-daughter relationship. There are two problematic sets of interrelations: the first one refers to the young daughter’s inability to deal with her mother’s neurodegenerative disease, the second one concerns the adult daughter, especially her revisiting of traumatic childhood experiences. Drawing on recent developments in psychoanalysis and developmental psychology this paper analyzes the way Munro presents family relationships, offering deep insights into her characters’ psychological development and discussing the causes of the adult daughter’s apparent failure to come to terms with her past.

The Evolution of Psychoanalysis: Contemporary Theory and Practice

JOHN E. GEDO: The Evolution of Psychoanalysis: Contemporary Theory and Practice, Other Press, New York, 1999, 262 pp., $25.00 (pbk), ISBN 1-892746-27-1. This interesting and controversial book is in an unusual format. What Dr. Gedo has done here is to review briefly sixty books that have come out over the past twenty-three years that he considers in order to acquaint the reader with recent developments in psychoanalysis and as a way of supporting his convictions. In the introduction, he summarizes his own point of view, which basically maintains that psychoanalysis is a natural science and therefore must be based on, and consistent with, current findings from the neurosciences. This, he says, rules out Freud's metapsychology entirely He works clinically with a hierarchical view of mental functions and considers the concept of self-organization central. For Gedo, psychoanalytic treatment attempts to correct dyspraxic patterns of behavior and to fill in apraxic deficits (p. xi). He believes that we must go beyond interpretation in psychoanalysis and rests his work heavily on what he describes as known about the biology of the mind. Gedo has elaborated on all these themes in his many previous publications, and does not dwell on his own views in as great a detail here. Most of the books summarized by Gedo are indeed significant, and I have reviewed many of them myself in various journals. So, as usual, Gedo is au courant in the field of psychoanalysis. His book is attractively printed, and I highly recommend it for anyone interested in current issues in psychoanalytic theory and practice. The reviews are quite brief and condensed, and the beginner may have some difficulty in following them, but nothing prevents that beginner from going back to any original text Gedo is summarizing. The central issue of the book is stated in one of the two summary chapters at the end. Gedo argues that the evolution of psychoanalysis can either be conceived of as the story of a discipline breaking up into irreconcilable fragments, or as the emergence of a new paradigm that transcends the disputed theories of an earlier time. This new paradigm, he repeatedly insists, is a biological or natural-science view of psychoanalysis in which all descriptions and discussions of mental functions must take into account the somatic substrate and what is known about it. Otherwise, one is forced into what Gedo calls a rationalist or a mentalist view, in which various theories conflict and are not capable of being tested and weighed. He often calls this latter stance the hermeneutic viewpoint, and there is considerable polemic in the book against it. He concludes, evidence from the cognate disciplines has invalidated all previous psychoanalytic hypotheses about early childhood on the grounds that these have been excessively adultomorphic, and pathomorphic (p. …

Some Thoughts on Music, Therapy, and Music Therapy

This article discusses points raised by Streeter's article ‘Finding a Balance between Psychological Thinking and Musical Awareness in Music Therapy Theory – a Psychoanalytic Perspective’ (Streeter 1999). Whilst agreeing that ‘psychological thinking’ is essential for the therapist fully to understand and contain the processes in the therapy room, it considers how music itself can bring about integral change within the therapy process. This is considered in terms of more recent developments in psychoanalysis and analytical psychology, as well as from an aesthetic perspective. Finally, it warns of the danger of moving from one ‘absolutist’ position to another within music therapy, and suggests that we as a profession need to be open to listening and learning from a wide range of disciplines, and from each other, in order to enrich our work.

The Wolf-Man case: classical and self-psychological perspectives.

Freud's description of his analysis and treatment of the Wolf-Man will be forever regarded as an extraordinary clinical and theoretical achievement. What has been attempted in this paper is to demonstrate how selected aspects of the Wolf-Man case could be interpreted using a self-psychology paradigm. The intent was not to demean Freud or to undermine the theoretical and clinical contributions of drive/structure theory. Rather, I have attempted to show how Freud's analysis and treatment of the Wolf-Man might have been enhanced by a familiarity with more recent developments in psychoanalysis.

Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis: A Critical Evaluation

Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis: A Critical Evaluation

Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis: A Critical Evaluation

Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis: A Critical Evaluation

Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis: A Critical Evaluation

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ArticleNo AccessRecent Developments in Psychoanalysis: A Critical EvaluationGEORGE H. POLLOCKGEORGE H. POLLOCKSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.2.245AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail "Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis: A Critical Evaluation." American Journal of Psychiatry, 143(2), p. 245 Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited ByNone Volume 143Issue 2 February 1986Pages 245-245 Metrics PDF download History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 February 1986

Review of Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis: A Critical Evaluation.

Review of Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis: A Critical Evaluation.

Review of Recent developments in psychoanalysis: A critical evaluation.

Review of Recent developments in psychoanalysis: A critical evaluation.

Recent developments in psychoanalysis: A critical evaluation.

Recent developments in psychoanalysis: A critical evaluation.

Catharsis in Literature

Chapter 1: The Historical Meanings of Catharsis Chapter 2: Catharsis in Psychoanalysis A. The Year 1880, Freud, and Psychoanalysis B. The Early Freudians C. Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis and Catharsis Chapter 3: Psychological Criticism and Catharsis A. Lionel Trilling B. Ernst Kris C. Kenneth Burke D. Simon O. Lesser Chapter 4: Catharsis in Formalist Criticism A. I. A. Richards B. T.S. Eliot C. The New Critics Chapter 5: Catharsis in Recent Critical Theory A. Contextualist Criticism B. Structuralism C. Reader-Response Criticism D. Phenomenology E. Aesthetics of Reception Conclusion Bibliographly of Works Cited Notes Index

Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis

Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis

Review of Recent developments in psychoanalysis.

Review of Recent developments in psychoanalysis.

The Human Life Cycle: The Traditional Hindu View and the Psychology of Erik Erikson

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN psychoanalysis, especially in its emphasis on ego strengths (Heinz Hartmann) or basic virtues (Erik Erikson), show a startling affinity to the Hindu asrama (stages of life) theory. Though the phases of human development, like infancy, adolescence, etc., have been studied both by academic psychology and by psychoanalysis, the study of the individual life cycle as a functional whole and as a link in the chain of has been comparatively rare. Erikson has been the first psychoanalyst to treat this approach systematically. Erikson sees human development not as a continuum, but as a series of predetermined steps or stages by which the individual seeks contact in an ever-widening radius with his society, which welcomes and regulates his unfolding. Each phase of this development has a turning point, a crisis, which poses the solution of a specific task-a solution which is prepared in the preceding stages and is worked out further in the succeeding ones. The relative solution of each crisis in turn is the source of a specific psycho-social strength which is both the individual's heritage from and contribution to the succession of generations and to society's institutions. Erikson thus speaks of eight stages of man.'