Main description:

In this unique and uplifting work, Dr. Claudia Luiz reveals why psychoanalysis is more relevant than ever, perhaps the only discipline currently suitable to help solve the mystery of our emotional challenges.

In gripping stories about people struggling with depression, anxiety, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder (ADD) and more, Luiz brings us right into each treatment where we discover how psychoanalysts today prepare their patient's mind for self-discovery. Following each story, absorbing commentaries acquaint the reader with the theories of the mind that currently guide treatment, and the innovative clinical techniques that are revolutionizing the field, including how Luiz learned to integrate her own emotions as therapeutic instruments for diagnosis and cure.

The Making of a Psychoanalyst is an ideal book for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and in training, mental health professionals working in social care, and students interested in the evolution of an undying discipline that embodies personal narrative. Anyone interested in knowing how two human beings interact with each other to effect profound change will want to read this book.

Contents:

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction to the New Psychoanalysis

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO 21ST CENTURY PSYCHOANALYSIS

Chapter 1: CATRINA LEARNS TO BREATHE

The 21st century psychoanalyst

Chapter 2: JOHN J AND THE BIG SURRENDER

The 21st century patient

PART II: THE MAKING OF A 21ST CENTURY PSYCHOANALYST

Chapter 3: SEARCHING FOR ANITA

Listening to Theories of Technique: Following the Contact

Chapter 4: THE UNSEEN SIDE OF ANGELA

Listening to Theories of the Mind

Chapter 5: TERRELL AND ROSALIA IN BED

Listening to Theories of Technique: Emotional Communication

Chapter 6: MITZI'S WORKSHOP

Listening to Countertransference

PART III: SUMMARY

Chapter 7: MERCY GETS A TATTOO

Putting It All Together: Layers of Listening

Chapter 8: SYLVIE SPIDER

The Future of Psychoanalysis

Postscript

Glossary

Index