Paul Ian Steinberg, "Applying Psychoanalytic Thought to Contemporary Mental Health Practice" (Routledge, 2021)
New Books in Psychoanalysis
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Psychoanalytic Theory and Clinical Interviewing
A careful history of the patient's relationships is more likely to permit the clinition to appreciate what is emotionally important. Clinician needs a theoretical approach to organize and make sense of the data. We need to ask patients for concrete examples to illustrate the generalizations patients often make about the relationships. What a patient describes as positive in a relationship may not seem as positive to the interviewer.
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