Judith L Mitrani: 3 books
A Framework for the Imaginary
Clinical Explorations in Primitive States of Being
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
An 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,...
Ordinary People and Extra-ordinary Protections
A Post-Kleinian Approach to the Treatment of Primitive Mental States
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Many people come to analysis appearing quite 'ordinary' on the surface. However, once below that surface, we often come into contact with something quite unexpected: 'extra-ordinary protections' created to keep at bay any awareness of deeply traumatic happenings occurring at some point in life.
Judith...
Psychoanalytic Technique and Theory
Taking the Transference
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
This volume consists of a series of essays inspired by Freud's paper on Jensen's novel Gradiva - "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...