Robert Waska Libros

The book explores the challenges faced by contemporary psychoanalysts and psychotherapists who see patients only once or twice a week, often when patients are in significant distress. It delves into the complexities of providing effective treatment within these constraints, highlighting the unique dynamics of the therapeutic relationship and the need for innovative approaches to facilitate healing in a limited timeframe.

The contemporary Kleinian approach of Analytic Contact offers a transformative perspective on psychoanalytic psychotherapy, emphasizing its effectiveness for neurotic, borderline, and narcissistic patients. Robert Waska presents this method as a means to foster hope, change, and personal growth, making it a compelling treatment option for a diverse range of individuals seeking psychological healing.

Focusing on resolving deep internal conflicts, this model of psychoanalytic work emphasizes the importance of maintaining analytic contact. It aims to unravel and modify turbulent thoughts and emotions, providing a pathway to healing for individuals grappling with psychological distress. Through its techniques, Modern Kleinian Therapy offers a structured approach to understanding and addressing complex mental health issues.

The book, first published in 2007, offers in-depth insights into its subject matter, reflecting the academic rigor and quality associated with Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis. It aims to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of key themes and concepts, making it a valuable resource for students and professionals alike.

Focusing on the concept of projective identification, this book offers an in-depth exploration of Kleinian theory within clinical settings. It provides a comprehensive understanding of how this psychological phenomenon influences the analytic environment, enhancing therapists' insights into daily interactions with patients. The study serves as a valuable resource for mental health professionals seeking to deepen their knowledge of this complex aspect of psychoanalysis.

The book explores the effectiveness of the modern Kleinian psychoanalytic approach across various patient diagnoses, including severe neuroses, borderline, and narcissistic conditions. It emphasizes the importance of understanding transference, counter-transference, and unconscious phantasy through real-time interpretations. By providing extensive clinical examples, readers gain insight into the therapeutic process, witnessing the dynamic interactions between analyst and patient that foster transformation and personal development.

Focusing on the challenges faced by modern Kleinian practitioners, the book explores their approaches to working with difficult patients. It critically assesses the current training methods at psychoanalytic institutes, highlighting the need for renewal and restructuring to better equip future analysts.

This clear and thoughtful book by Robert Waska provides an accessible introduction to Projective Identification and the role it plays in internal and external life. Waska explores how Projective Identification is the foundation for much of psychic life, driving internal phantasy, influencing interpersonal behavior, and contributing to the transference/countertransference environment. This book contains several case studies which explore and expand on the concepts described and which demonstrate how a psychotherapist can understand, contain and interpret the states patients seek help with. Additionally, this book introduces a clinical technique which is intended to tame the underlying emotional conflicts. Part of the popular Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis series, this book will be essential to students of psychoanalysis, as well as academics and practitioners familiarising themselves with Projective Identification in a clinical setting.