ABSTRACT

This volume is a collection of seminars and lectures the author gave to the Psychoanalytic Group of Barcelona under Dr Leon Grinberg, and later Dr Benito Lopez, during his visit to Barcelona. The clinical case studies outlined in the book address with typical variety the author's thoughts on clinical work with children and adults, and the numerous issues involved therein, including depression, jealousy, delusional omnipotence and perversion.

chapter Two|23 pages

Victor: mental pain—anger and silence

chapter Three|16 pages

Jordi: from bi- to tridimensionality

chapter Four|13 pages

Yolanda: vicissitudes and failures of symbolism

chapter Five|32 pages

Herbert: a vocation for perversity

chapter Six|12 pages

Cecilia: the end of analysis

chapter Seven|32 pages

David: sucked into projective identification

chapter Eight|36 pages

Montse: delusional omnipotence

chapter Ten|23 pages

Julio: unborn parts of the personality?

chapter Eleven|23 pages

Sylvia: the exciting servitude of jealousy

chapter Twelve|23 pages

Paula: the fascination of the esoteric world