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Title: Taking Risks from the Unconscious: A Psychoanalysis from Both Sides of the Couch
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| Taking Risks from the Unconscious: A Psychoanalysis from Both Sides of the Couch by Jason Aronson Takings Risks, Evaluating Ramifications | | This book was given to me by my analyst. Right away, I was very much taken with the openness and authenticity that was worked through and achieved on the part of both in the analytic dyad. When I came to the phone sex scene, at first I was upset that such an enactment had taken place... wasn't that a boundary violation, even though the dialog was initiated by the patient? Wasn't it the analyst's responsibility to resist his countertransference feelings for his patient who appeared to be in a most vulnerable, erotic transference state of mind? But after I finished this most affecting read, I began to think about the therapeutic action that had taken place. It was a phone call, not an office visit, so there was that real, and safe physical distance for both -- although if this enactment had taken place in person, once senses that there is no telling what might have happened -- which does become a serious concern. So while I am conflicted about some of the content, I am excited about the fact that this was a permissioned, published collaboration on the part of both patient and analyst... something that is extremely rare in the world of psychoanalytic publishing. | | Taking Risks from the Unconscious: A Psychoanalysis from Both Sides of the Couch by Jason Aronson A Courageous and Inspiring Work | | "Taking Risks from the Unconscious" lives up to its name. This is a chronicle of great candor and courage. I am not a psychoanalyst, nor a mental health professional of any kind. In fact, this is the first account of a psychoanalytic process that I have every read, and I found it strikingly intimate as well as instructive. Dr. Marcus does not appear to edit or sanitize his session notes nor, to his great credit, does he try to justify his approach, no matter how unconventional it may be. His is not an "old school" psychoanalysis, with a remote and "objective" analyst handing down elegant, scholarly interpretations. Far from it. He has the daring to move beyond his thinking mind and respond to Hope, his patient, from a deeper, non-linear intuitive knowing. Dr. Marcus even goes so far as to break the signature taboo of his profession, sharing his inner feelings with the analysand, thereby breaking down the hierarchical doctor-patient relationship that so frequently undermines success. That this unflinching intimacy is just what Hope needs is made abundantly clear by the patient herself in her commentary on their analytic process, also included in this volume. This is a love letter, in the best sense of the term, between two highly skilled and evolved co-equals, each of them intent upon the same end--personal freedom for the patient. We root for them to succeed... And succeed they do! | | Taking Risks from the Unconscious: A Psychoanalysis from Both Sides of the Couch by Jason Aronson The analysis was of one psychoanalyst by another, with startling results. | | I've discussed preparations for this book by email with Dr. Marcus many times in the past five years, as we started writing after Don wrote a complimentary letter to one of my published articles in Academy Forum, a quarterly publication of the then American Academy of Psychoanalysis. My article on the benefits of good psychoanalysis was upbeat and he promptly emailed much support and encouragement, which was greatly apreciated. We started a dialog commenting on each other's ongoing work. I told him about a special case of mine and he offered helpful insights and suggestion to promote the work and understand it more deeply. He is very good at discerning sutble and deep dynamics in the relationship, which many analysts do not touch, because they are risky. They are risky because the transference and countertransference is about love, sexual and romantic love, but of course there was no physical acting out. The love was on a high plane, but deeply felt and communicated as such, a topic often avoided for various reasons, even though the understanding and talking about it is necessary for the work and the ultimate release of loving feelings uncovered in the sessions were transferred to her husband who was ill. In essence, the love of the therapist grew, which he freely admitted, and that enabled the patient to overcome her resistance to receiving and giving love, based on early trauma. The analysis ended very successfully and was terminated with deep feelings of both part on the feelings for each other and the obvious success of the work. Hope had worked previously with another analyst and had achieved an impasse, and work with Dr. Marcus was intended to break through that impasse and continue the work. That it did, but the risky part involved the therapist telling the patient of his loving feeling toward her, which he knew she needed to hear, and eventually this was received well and promoted the work. In recent presentations, the old guard was skeptical that such work is valid and beneficial, but the younger analysts were more positive and enthusiastic. There is a growing trend for intersubjectivity, the knowledge and sharing of unconscious material from both patient and therapist. The degree of openness and disclosure may well be the psychoanalysis of the future, a pioneering effort, which is catching on, more and more. This work of combining notes retrospectively by the two analysts gives a beautiful example of a uniquely successful analysis, which should encourage more analysts to do likewise, especially when there are impasses. This book is a beautiful and learned collaboration by two excellent analysts to present their work to a larger audience. I can only hope the book will sell well and will be used extensively in the training of new psychodynamic and psychoanalytical psychiatrists. | | Taking Risks from the Unconscious: A Psychoanalysis from Both Sides of the Couch by Jason Aronson Product Description | | iTaking Risks from the Unconsciousi tells the story of a remarkably successful psychoanalysis from the point of view of both analyst and patient. The analyst, Dr. Marcus, describes the risk he undertook in acquiescing to his patient's desire for an interaction in which their true selves could meet explicitly. By making his interventions directly from his unconscious, Dr. Marcus enabled a new kind of enactment to take place, based on implicit relational knowing. In this book he describes his approach, and his co-author--the patient and also herself a practicing psychoanalyst--presents her own history and her own view of what transpired in the analysis. |
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