ABSTRACT
The nature of psychoanalysis seems contradictory - deeply personal, subjective and intuitive, yet requiring systematic theory and principles of technique.
In The Dove that Returns, The Dove that Vanishes, Michael Parsons explores the tension of this paradox. As they respond to it and struggle to sustain creatively, analysts discover their individual identities. The work of outstanding clinicians such as Marion Milner and John Klauber is examined in detail. The reader also encounters oriental martial arts, greek Tragedy, the landscape painting of John Constable, a Winnicottian theory of creativity and a discussion of the significance of play in psychoanalysis. From such varied topics evolves a deepening apprehension of the nature of the clinical experience.
Illustrated throughout , The Dove that Returns, The Dove that Vanishes will prove valuable to those in the field of psychoanalysis, and to those in the arts and humanities who are interested in contemporary psychoanalytic thinking.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |5 pages
Introduction
part I|79 pages
Rigour and freedom
chapter 1|13 pages
Vocation and martial art
chapter 2|12 pages
The other in the self
chapter 3|16 pages
Suddenly finding it really matters
chapter 4|16 pages
Refinding theory in clinical practice
chapter 5|17 pages
Psychoanalytic and personal identity: the garden of forking paths
part II|116 pages
Loss, acceptance, creativity