From Breakdown to Breakthrough
eBook - ePub

From Breakdown to Breakthrough

Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychosis

  1. 274 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

From Breakdown to Breakthrough

Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychosis

About this book

As a clear and user-friendly guide for clinicians who work with patients affected by psychosis, this book challenges the false notion that psychosis is untreatable through talk therapy.

The authors contend that since psychotic symptoms are features of survival adaptation, they naturally serve as a valuable source of information, providing clues about the origins of people's psychic derailment along with a path to its cure. The authors advise therapists not only to read and respond to the messages embedded in the symptoms, but also to recognize and utilise the non-psychotic aspects of the patient in facilitating recovery. The overall aim is to recruit the patient as a collaborator in their treatment, thus wresting a meaningful and redemptive narrative from the psychotic experience. All aspects and phases of treatment - from initial encounters through the middle phase to termination, and even supervision - are covered in this volume.

Abundant with clinical examples, theoretical and technical points, and treatment methods, this book is essential reading for all psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, and other mental health clinicians working with psychosis.

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Yes, you can access From Breakdown to Breakthrough by Danielle Knafo,Michael Selzer in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Psychoanalysis. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781000991277
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half-Title
  4. Series
  5. Title
  6. Copyright
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. A Note About Language
  11. Foreword by Orna Ophir
  12. Introduction: From Breakdown to Breakthrough
  13. 1 Psychoanalysis Meets Psychosis: Theory and Practice
  14. 2 Beginnings
  15. 3 Establishing a Pre-Alliance
  16. 4 Sample First Session: Psychosis and Cannabis
  17. 5 Outpatient Treatment with Psychosis: Managing Isolation and Creating Safety
  18. 6 “Don’t Step on Tony!”: Working with Psychotic Symptoms
  19. 7 Anybody Home? Working with Negative Symptoms
  20. 8 Alone in a Crowded Mind: When Psychosis Masks Loneliness
  21. 9 Coming Undone: Acute Decompensation and Creating a Narrative
  22. 10 Going Blind to See: A Case Study of Trauma, Regression, and Psychosis
  23. 11 Endings
  24. 12 Supervision
  25. References
  26. Index