The Analyst's Experience of the Depressive Position: The melancholic errand of psychoanalysis

by Steven H. Cooper

Book Overview

In The Analyst's Experience of the Depressive Position: The Melancholic Errand of Psychoanalysis, Steven Cooper explores a subject matter previously applied more exclusively to patients, but rarely to psychoanalysts. Cooper probes the analyst's experience of the depressive position in the analytic situation. These experiences include the pleasures and warmth of helping patients to bear what appears unbearable, as well as the poignant experiences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138844136
• ISBN13: 9781138844131
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"