Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
No other clinical syndrome better illustrates the richness and resources of the Jungian approach. Experts in the field offer new insights into treating the borderline personality. Papers by Schwartz-Salant, Charlton, Kacirek, Beebe, Dieckmann, Kast, and Samuels.
Table of Contents
Before the creation : the unconscious couple in borderline states of mind / Nathan Schwartz-Salant -- Lines and shadows : fictions from the borderline / Randolph S. Charlton -- Subject-object differentiation in the analysis of borderline cases / Susanne Kacirek -- Primary ambivalence toward the self / John Beebe -- Formation of and dealing with symbols in borderline patients / Hans Dieckmann -- Transference and countertransference mirrored in personal fantasies and related fairy-tale motifs in the therapy of a patient with a borderline structure / Verena Kast -- Gender and the borderline / Andrew Samuels -- Ritual integration of aggression in psychotherapy / Sylvia Brinton Perera -- Book reviews.