Body Words and the Analyst’s Use of Self
Transforming the Unspeakable in Clinical Process
- 286 pages
- English
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Body Words and the Analyst’s Use of Self
Transforming the Unspeakable in Clinical Process
About this book
In this book, it becomes impossible to stand apart from the analytic field as abstract concepts, such as dissociation, intersubjectivity, and unconscious communication, as well as newly coined ones, like "Relational (K)not" and "Body Words," come alive through a vivid unfolding of analytic process.
You are invited into the mind of the analyst as she draws from reverie, memory, and affect to inspire offerings that enliven the moment, moving the analytic pair forward in affective freedom and self-definition. Body Words identify the subjective linkages we make to describe experiencing within and between self and other that leads us to know whether we or our patient are delivering the message in a manner that feels real. Each chapter illustrates how Pizer arrived at this important concept and others in a way that is full of rich, experience-near clinical moments that posed significant challenges.
Body Words and the Analyst's Use of Self is a rare window that allows readers—new and seasoned clinicians of various theoretical persuasions—to become intimate witnesses to the analyst's subjectivity and the creativity of the analytic partnership.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Donnel B. Stern
- 1 Introduction
- 2 When the Analyst Is Ill: Dimensions of Self-Disclosure
- 3 When the Crunch Is a (K)not: A Crimp in Relational Dialogue
- 4 Passion, Responsibility, and “Wild Geese”: Creating a Context for the Absence of Conscious Intentions
- 5 Narrative Writing and Soulful Metaphors: Commentary on Chapter by Barbara Pizer
- 6 “Eva, Get the Goldfish Bowl”: Affect and Intuition in the Analytic Relationship
- 7 From Black Hole to Potential Space: Discussion of Barbara Pizer’s “‘Eva, Get the Goldfish Bowl’: Affect and Intuition in the Analytic Relationship”
- 8 Risk and Potential in Analytic Disclosure: Can the Analyst Make “the Wrong Thing” Right?
- 9 The Heart of the Matter in Matters of the Heart: Power and Intimacy in Analytic and Couples Relationships
- 10 A Clinical Exploration of Moving Anger Forward: Intimacy, Anger, and Creative Freedom
- 11 Maintaining Analytic Liveliness: “The Fire and the Fuel” of Growth and Change
- 12 “Trauma, Dissociation, and Disorganized Attachment”: A Clinical Collage Engaging Giovanni Liotti’s Work
- 13 “Why Can’t We Be Lovers?” When the Price of Love Is Loss of Love: Boundary Violations in a Clinical Context
- 14 Not-Me: The Vicissitudes of Aging
- 15 Body Words: Transforming the Unspeakable in Clinical Process
- 16 Coda—Bodies and Embodiment, 1963: The Person of the Analyst
- Index