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Cornett, Carlton – Journal of Analytic Social Work, 1993
Proposes concept of a flexible frame through which the therapeutic relationship can both permit primitive defenses to emerge and serve as a basis for a corrective emotional experience. Containment, confrontation, and interpretation are presented as a three-fold strategy for effective engagement and treatment of the multisymptom patient. Provides…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Empathy

Socor, Barbara – Journal of Analytic Social Work, 1993
Presents paradigmatic case of "failure to know" involving a 36-year-old man treated in psychoanalytic therapy. Reviews issues such as the construction of narrative meaning, the concept of alexithymia, and the object-relational concept of the "unthought known." Discusses transference-countertransference matrix. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Individual Development

Atwood, Richard; Safyer, Andrew W. – Journal of Analytic Social Work, 1993
Reviews and discusses the debate between the traditional psychoanalytic perspective on separation-individuation and the newer "rational" view of self-development. Finds each have equal importance both for understanding psychopathology and for providing effective and empathically-attuned psychotherapy. Provides clinical vignettes derived…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Psychology, Individual Development, Infants