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Psychoanalysis and Motivational Systems
A New Look
Series: Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series
Introduced in Psychoanalysis and Motivation (1989) and further developed in Self and Motivational Systems (1992), The Clinical Exchange (1996), and A Spirit of Inquiry (2002), motivational systems theory aims to identify the components and organization of mental states and the process by which...
Published August 23rd 2010 by Routledge
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Sensuality and Sexuality Across the Divide of Shame
Series: Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series
Placed in a historical context, sexuality was once so prominent in psychoanalytic writing that sexual drive and psychoanalysis were synonymous. The exciting discovery of childhood sexuality filled the literature. Then other discoveries came to the fore until sexuality slipped far in the background....
Published August 30th 2007 by Routledge
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Attachment and Sexuality
Series: Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series
The papers featured in Attachment and Sexuality create a dense tapestry, each forming a separate narrative strand that elucidates different configurations of the relationship between attachment and sexuality. As a whole, the volume explores the areas of convergence and divergence, opposition, and...
Published July 11th 2007 by Routledge
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Craft and Spirit
A Guide to the Exploratory Psychotherapies
Series: Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series
In Craft and Spirit, Joseph Lichtenberg writes of the craft of exploratory psychotherapy, by which he means the creative skill — even artistry — that mobilizes the spirit of inquiry in therapist and patient and sustains it over the course of psychotherapy. He expatiates on this craft as it...
Published July 25th 2005 by Routledge
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A Spirit of Inquiry
Communication in Psychoanalysis
Series: Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series
Thoroughly grounded in contemporary developmental research, A Spirit of Inquiry: Communication in Psychoanalysis explores the ecological niche of the infant-caregiver dyad and examines the evolutionary leap that permits communication to take place concurrently in verbal an nonverbal modes. ...
Published September 30th 2002 by Routledge
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The Clinical Exchange
Techniques Derived from Self and Motivational Systems
Series: Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series
In this practical sequel to the same authors' Self and Motivational Systems (TAP, 1992), Lichtenberg, Lachmann, and Fosshage offer ten principles of technique to guide the clinical exchange. These principles, which pertain equally to exploratory psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, integrate the...
Published September 30th 2001 by Routledge
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Psychoanalysis and Motivation
Series: Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series
Carrying forward his inquiry into the nature and conditions of normal and abnormal development, Lichtenberg focuses on motivation. His goal is to offer an alternative to psychoanalytic drive theory that accommodates the developmental insights of infancy research while accounting for the entire...
Published July 31st 2001 by Routledge
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Self and Motivational Systems
Towards A Theory of Psychoanalytic Technique
Series: Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series
In this sequel to Lichtenberg's Psychoanalysis and Motivation (TAP, 1989), the authors show how their revised theory of motivation provides the foundation for a new approach to psychoanalytic technique. The approach in Self and Motivational Systemsemphasizes a finely honed sensitivity to...
Published June 30th 2001 by Routledge
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The Talking Cure
A Descriptive Guide to Psychoanalysis
Among the many elementary expositions of psychoanalysis, "The Talking Cure" is unique in focusing on the actual analytic experience. Lichtenberg's approach is humanistic, demonstrating empathic understanding of the fears and hopes of the person seeking help. He provides a "feel" for what happens...
Published February 28th 1994 by Routledge
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Self and Motivational Systems
Towards A Theory of Psychoanalytic Technique
Published November 30th 1992 by Routledge