Religion as the Affirmation of Values
This paper starts from the thought that we cannot take for granted that a society's highest values will survive in the long term as effective motivators within that society. By ‘highest values’ I mean values such as justice, concern for members of weak and minority groups, and respect for promises and for the attempt to speak truthfully – values that apply at the highest level of generality. If they are to survive and to be effective, two things may be necessary: firstly, unpredictable ‘epiphanic’ moments in which the power of these values is emotionally experienced by individuals, and secondly, institutions and ...
Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - August 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David M. Black Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ann Scott Tags: Editor's Comments Source Type: research
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Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Announcement Source Type: research
Publications Recently Noted or Received
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Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Publications Recently Noted or Received Source Type: research
Living Psychoanalysis: From Theory to Experience by
Michael Parsons. Published by Routledge, London and New York, 2014; 264 pp: £27.99 paperback
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Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dorothy Girouard Tags: Book Review Source Type: research
The One and the Many: Relational Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis by
Juan Tubert‐Oklander. New International Library of Group Analysis series. Published by Karnac, London, 2014; £23.89 paperback; £18.89 Ebook.
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Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sue Einhorn Tags: Book Review Source Type: research
Daseinsanalysis by
Alice Holzhey‐Kunz, translated by
Sophie Leighton. published by Free Association Books, London, 2014; 292 pp; £24.99 paperback
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Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paul Gordon Tags: Book Review Source Type: research
Boundaries & Bridges: Perspectives on Time and Space in Psychoanalysis by
Andrea Sabbadini. Published by Karnac Books, London. 2014; 162 pp; £22.99 paperback; £16.09 Ebook
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Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Roger Bacon Tags: Book Review Source Type: research
Metabolizing Difficult Doctor–Patient Relationships: Reflections on A Balint Group for Higher Trainees
This paper describes a Balint group in Leeds which, so far as we are aware, is unique in the UK for being aimed at higher level trainees. The paper is written from the trainee's perspective. The experience has been so useful that the group has concluded that this should be an integral part of all higher training schemes. The paper discusses two cases we brought to the group which illustrate some of the challenges faced by trainees at this level of their training. It also aims to inform the reader of the need for such an experience for higher level trainees. The cases presented were experienced by the doctors involved as tr...
Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Turlough Mills, Mike Smith Tags: Teaching and Learning Source Type: research
Confidentiality and Consent Issues in Psychotherapy Case Reports: The Wolf Man, Gloria and Jeremy
In this article I explore the issues surrounding confidentiality and consent in the writing of psychotherapy case reports. An important theme is the challenge of protecting a patient's privacy while furthering knowledge in the field through publication. I discuss some of the complexities as well as the relevance of present day requirements for informed consent, including a consideration of the provisions within the Declaration of Helsinki (1964, last revised 2013). To illustrate the difficulties inherent in writing about our work I give examples of three cases: Freud's patient Sergei Pankejeff (the ‘Wolf Man’), Gloria ...
Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kerry Thomas‐Anttila Tags: Confidentiality Source Type: research
Hopelessness in the Analysis
The author has written a paper about her sense of hopelessness in working psychoanalytically with two female patients. She found that these feelings were reflected in supervision through the parallel process. She was greatly helped by Betty Joseph's paper, ‘Addiction to near death’, where she found many similarities between that author's patients and her own. Eventually, through consideration of other literature and reflecting on her own experiences, she reached the conclusion that until she could allow herself to be immersed in this sense of hopelessness, it was not possible to genuinely connect with her patients. Any...
Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jackie Gerrard Tags: Clinical Practice Source Type: research
Lost and Gained in Translation: The Impact of Bilingual Clients' Choice of Language in Psychotherapy
Bilingual clients in psychotherapy with bilingual therapists have choices as to which language to use. Psychoanalytic case studies suggest that the use of the second language, learned post childhood, reduces access to deeper emotional material and is mainly viewed as a defensive manoeuvre leading to intellectualizing detachment. Linguistic and neurological studies support the view that the use of the second language can lead to a reduced degree of emotionality in the recall of memories. However, this paper suggests that there is a different and enabling dimension to such clients' language choices. Their own and their thera...
Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Annette Byford Tags: Clinical Practice Source Type: research
Evil, Imagination and the Unrepressed Unconscious: The Value of William Blake's Satanic ‘Error’ for Clinical Practice
The images and writings of William Blake offer profound insights for the clinician in a form that clearly reveals his visionary ability regarding the unrepressed unconscious. He is particularly helpful with the work of imagination and the presence of evil concerning unconscious process. This paper explores the creative value of Blake's contribution when working with certain patients in the consulting room and for the purposes of psychotherapeutic research: he has inspired many psychoanalytic and Jungian papers in the past. However, in the world of psychotherapy, Blake's complicated but illuminating mythology has been somew...
Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carol Leader Tags: Rozsika Parker Prize 2014 Source Type: research
Can the Breast Feed the Mother Too? Tracing Maternal Subjectivity in Toni Morrison's Beloved
Breastfeeding tends to elicit strong feelings in mothers as well as impassioned rhetoric in our cultural discourse. Psychoanalytic thinkers have focused extensively on the infant's experience at the breast. Surprisingly, much less theoretical attention has been given to the mother's experience of breastfeeding. I begin with my own experience of struggling with this early stage of motherhood and with understanding why this act seemed to hold such emotional power. By tracing the theme of breastfeeding in Toni Morrison's Beloved, I attempt to draw out ideas about the breastfeeding mother as a subject rather than an object. I ...
Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rebecca Stone Tags: Rozsika Parker Prize 2014 Source Type: research
Reappraising Winnicott's The Piggle: A Critical Commentary
This is the second part of an extended paper reviewing the nature of the messages Winnicott wished to communicate to his audience through the psychoanalytic case of The Piggle. ‘Introduction and the Treatment’ (published in BJP 31[2]) set out the work in its theoretical and historical context and reviewed the dialogue which serves as the material for the work. This part provides a discussion and a critical analysis of the case, and an examination of both explicit and less worked‐out conclusions which can be drawn from it. The author considers the case as evidence that therapy with a child can be intensive without b...
Source: British Journal of Psychotherapy - July 24, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christopher Reeves Tags: Reappraising The Piggle Part II Source Type: research
