Christopher Bollas Libros

Bollas aboga elocuentemente por el retorno a nuestra comprensi�n de c�mo funciona el psicoan�lisis freudiano de inconsciente a inconsciente. El incumplimiento de los supuestos b�sicos de Freud acerca de la escucha psicoanal�tica se ha traducido en el abandono de la b�squeda de la "la l�gica de la secuencia", que Freud consideraba la forma principal en la que expresamos el pensamiento inconsciente. En dos extensas entrevistas y en ensayos posteriores, todos ellos realizados durante el a�o 2006, seguimos la forma en que Christopher Bollas explora su desaf�o m�s reciente y radical al psicoan�lisis contempor�neo. El momento freudiano, Bollas argumenta, responde a una idea filogen�tica preconcebida que ha existido desde hace miles de a�os. La invenci�n del psicoan�lisis concreta esta preconcepci�n e instituye un profundo avance en las relaciones humanas. La propuesta de Bollas de que usemos la imagen de la partitura sinf�nica para imaginar mejor la articulaci�n inconsciente abre un nuevo camino conceptual en la comprensi�n de la complejidad del pensamiento inconsciente. Su cr�tica �cida de la interpretaci�n de la transferencia aqu� y ahora pondr� a prueba una praxis que est� muy extendida actualmente en todo el mundo anal�tico. Es dif�cil tener acceso literario a dicho tipo de trabajo en progreso, pero aporta una visi�n estimulante sobre el funcionamiento de una de las mentes m�s brillantes de la historia del psicoan�lisis. Esta nueva edici�n contiene el emotivo Prefacio de Andr� Green, con su tributo personal a la obra de Bollas y a su duradera amistad con el autor. Como Green comenta en el Prefacio, "este ensayo es de enorme importancia para el presente y el futuro del psicoan�lisis. Es la obra de un artesano fabulosamente entrenado en el trabajo del psicoan�lisis".

The collection features influential writings by Christopher Bollas, showcasing his significant contributions to psychoanalysis and the understanding of the human psyche. It explores themes such as the nature of the self, the interplay between language and emotion, and the therapeutic process. Bollas's insights challenge conventional perspectives, making this reader an essential resource for those interested in psychoanalytic theory and practice.

In this exploration of a radical approach to the psychoanalytical treatment of people on the verge of mental breakdown, Christopher Bollas offers a new and courageous clinical paradigm. He suggests that the unconscious purpose of breakdown is to present the self to the other for transformative understanding; to have its core distress met and understood directly. If caught in time, a breakdown can become a breakthrough. It is an event imbued with the most profound personal significance, but it requires deep understanding if its meaning is to be released to its transformative potential. Bollas believes that hospitalization, intensive medication and CBT/DBT all negate this opportunity, and he proposes that many of these patients should instead be offered extended, intensive psychoanalysis. This book will be of interest to clinicians who find that, with patients on the verge of breakdown, conventional psychoanalytical work is insufficient to meet the emerging crisis. However, Bollas’s challenging proposal will provoke many questions and in the final section of the book some of these are raised by Sacha Bollas and presented in a question-and-answer form.

The book presents a unique theory of hysteria, integrating its classic characteristics such as repressed sexual thoughts, emotional detachment from symptoms, and a profound identification with others. By exploring these elements, the author sheds new light on the complexities of the hysteric experience, offering fresh insights into its psychological underpinnings.

In Being a Character, Christopher Bollas argued that Freud's vision of the dream process is a model for all unconscious mental experience. In Cracking Up he extends his exploration of the inner world of human experience and suggests that the rhythm of that experience is vital to individual creativity. It allows us to develop what the author calls a 'separate sense', which we use to assess the meanings of our own experiences and also to attune ourselves sympathetically to the lives of other people. In this original and thought-provoking book, Bollas examines how people educate one another in the idioms of their unconscious lives and considers the nature and consequences of the traumas that inhibit the freedom to do this. He studies what we mean by the past - is it unchangeable or can history be a creative, open understanding of experience? We come to know who we are by giving form and meaning to our past - yet what do we mean by the self? Bollas' answer suggests yet more ways in which the 'separate sense' expresses each person's unique qualities.

Bollas integrates the unique contribution of the British School of Object Relations with the fine texture of problems that have arisen in the author's own clinical practice. It makes the best insights of the object relations approach clearly available.

Uses detailed studies of real clinical practice to illuminate a theory of psychoanalysis which privileges the human impulse to question. This title includes transcripts of real analytical sessions, accompanied by parallel commentaries which highlight key aspects of the free associative method in practice.

Thousands of years ago Indo-European culture diverged into Western and Eastern ways of thinking. Bollas examines how they are converging again in psychoanalysis.

Exploring the intricacies of psychotherapy, the book delves into the enigmatic elements of the self uncovered through free association. Christopher Bollas offers insights into how this process reveals deeper layers of the psyche, enhancing the understanding of human behavior and emotional experiences.

Argues for a return to our understanding of how Freudian psychoanalysis works unconscious to unconscious. In this book, the author also argues, realizes a phylogenetic preconception that has existed for tens of thousands of years.