ABSTRACT
Psychoanalytic Theory, Research and Clinical Practice: Reading Joseph D. Lichtenberg explores both Lichtenberg’s psychoanalytic theoretical contributions and innovations in clinical technique, and how these have influenced the work of other psychoanalysts and researchers. Lichtenberg’s approach integrates a developmental perspective on the life cycle, self-psychology, attachment theory, and his theory of motivational systems.
The commentaries in this volume are divided into several sections. Section One is devoted to informal interviews with Lichtenberg that portray an account of the evolution of psychoanalysis through Lichtenberg’s eyes interwoven with the development of his own psychoanalytic identity. Section Two celebrates the role of friendship within his psychoanalytic circle, and Section Three highlights his leadership role in the development of creative structures: the journal Psychoanalytic Inquiry; The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (ICP&P) and its training programs; and the ongoing Creativity Seminar. Additional sections provide commentary by psychoanalysts and researchers which demonstrate Lichtenberg’s theoretical and clinical impact on his colleagues.
Psychoanalytic Theory, Research and Clinical Practice provides an in-depth encounter with a major contributor to the psychoanalytic field. Engagement with the openness, flexibility, and inquiring spirit of Joseph D. Lichtenberg offers respect for and hope in the psychoanalytic process. This book is essential reading for psychoanalysts, mental health professionals, and graduate students interested in how theory, research and technique are creatively integrated by a renowned psychoanalytic clinician and teacher.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|112 pages
Up Close and Personal: The Evolution of a Creative Psychoanalyst
part 2|11 pages
Friendship
part 3|33 pages
The Development of Creative Structures
chapter 11|6 pages
Development of the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
chapter 12|8 pages
The Development of a Psychoanalytic Training Program
chapter 13|8 pages
Supervision
part 4|12 pages
Professional, Artistic, and Familial Partnerships
part 5|35 pages
Motivational Systems Theory
chapter 17|14 pages
The Centrality of Motivational Theory in Psychoanalysis
part 6|25 pages
Developmental Theory
part 7|28 pages
Attachment Research and Implications for Treatment
chapter 21|13 pages
The Attachment Patterns of Therapists
part 8|31 pages
Clinical Papers
chapter 23|12 pages
Filling the Envelope
chapter 25|9 pages
The Dying Third
part 9|15 pages
Selected Contribution of Joseph D. Lichtenberg