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The Clinical Problem of Masochism
About this book
The problem of how to understand and to treat masochism has plagued the vast majority of clinicians. The Clinical Problem of Masochism, edited by Deanna Holtzman, PhD, and Nancy Kulish, PhD, focuses on the common and difficult clinical problems posed by masochistic patients who are spread throughout all diagnostic categories. Foremost psychoanalytic clinicians in the field from various theoretical backgrounds demonstrate their approaches to working clinically with these problems. Each expert provides detailed clinical examples, making their approaches and suggestions come alive. This volume, unique in its varied clinicaland practical focus, offers therapists of all theoretical persuasions ideas on how to think about and help individuals suffering from masochistic difficulties.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Suffering of Sisyphus
- Chapter One: Clinical Constellations of Masochistic Psychopathology
- Chapter Two: Masochism in Childhood and Adolescence as a Self-Regulatory Disorder
- Chapter Three: Some Suggestions for Engaging with the Clinical Problem of Masochism
- Chapter Four: Clinical Observations on Masochistic Character Structure
- Chapter Five: Sadomasochistic Stuckness
- Chapter Six: Masochism as a Multiply-Determined Phenomenon
- Chapter Seven: Self-Abuse and Suicidality: Clinical Manifestations of Chronic Narcissistic Rage
- Chapter Eight: Varieties of Masochistic Experience: Modes of Analytic Relating
- Chapter Nine: Masochism and Trauma
- Chapter Ten: Failure to Thrive: Shame, Inhibition, and Masochistic Submission in Women
- Chapter Eleven: Analysts Who Have Sexual Relations with Their Patients: The Central Role of Masochism
- Conclusion
- Index
- About the Contributors