Main description:

A decade in the making, the Handbook is the definitive contemporary exposition of interpersonal psychoanalysis. It provides an authoritative overview of development, psychopathology, and treatment as conceptualized from the interpersonal viewpoint.

Contents:

Part I. Background.Lionells, Fiscalini, Mann, & Stern, Introduction to Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Ortmeyer, History of the Founders of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Part II: Basic Issues.Lionells, The Interpersonal Self, Uniqueness, Will, and Intentionality. Schlesinger, Attachment, Relationship, and Love. Stern, Cognition and Language. Crastnopol, Anxiety. Buechler, Emotion. Grey, Creativity. Friedman, Protter, Gender and Sexuality. Part III: Development.Shafran, Infancy. Ross, The Childhood and Juvenile Eras. Pantone, Preadolescence and Adolescence. Mann, Adulthood and Aging. Part IV: Psychopathology.Jones, Conceptions of Diagnosis and Character. Fiscalini, Narcissism and Self-Disorder. Blechner, Schizophrenia. O'Leary, Watson, Jr., Paranoia. Youngerman, Borderline Conditions. Bose, Depression. Winckler, Obsessionalism. Lionells, Hysteria. Kowallis, Psychosomatic Disorders. Brisman, Addiction. Part V: The Analytic Process.Mann, The Goals of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Kavanagh, Processes of Therapeutic Action and Change. Fiscalini, Transference and Countertransference as Interpersonal Phenomena: An Introduction. Fiscalini, The Clinical Analysis of Transference. Hirsch, Therapeutic Uses of Countertransference. Moses, McGarty, Anonymity, Self-Disclosure, and Expressive Uses of the Analyst's Experience. Part VI: Aspects of Technique.Cooper, The Detailed Inquiry. Imber, The Nature and Use of Historical Data. Eisold, Clinical Uses of Dreams. Tenzer, Working Through. Part VII: Special Topics.Gaines, The Treatment of Children. Kantor, Interpersonal Treatment of Asolescents. Gartner, The Relationship Between Interpersonal Psychoanalysis and Family Therapy. Hegeman, Cross-Cultural Issues in Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Sugg, Supervision.