Becoming a person through psychoanalysis

What Neville Symington is attempting to do in this book is to trace the pathway along which he has travelled to become a person. This has run side by side with trying to become an analyst. The author has made landmark discoveries when reading philosophy, sociology, history, and literature. Learning to paint, learning to fly a plane, and also the study of art and of aviation theory have opened up new vistas. This account is only a sketch. The completed picture will never materialize. It is therefore autobiographical but only in a partial sense. It is always emphasized that one's own personal experience of being psychoanalysed is by far the most significant part of a psychoanalyst's education. COVER 1 CONTENTS 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 12 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 14 Introduction 16 PART I JOHN KLAUBER: PSYCHOANALYST OF THE PERSON 24 CHAPTER ONE John Klauber, Independent clinician 26 PART II EMOTIONAL FREEDOMIN THE ANALYST 46 Introduction 48 CHAPTER TWO The patient makes the analyst 50 CHAPTER THREE The analyst’s act of freedom as agent of therapeutic change 74 CHAPTER FOUR Phantasy effects that which it represents 92 CHAPTER FIVE Maturity and interpretation as joint therapeutic agents 110 PART III THE INFLUENCE FROM TREATING PSYCHOPATHS AND THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED 116 Introduction 118 CHAPTER SIX The response aroused by the psychopath 122 CHAPTER SEVEN The origins of rage and aggression 138 CHAPTER EIGHT The psychotherapy of a mentally handicapped patient 146 CHAPTER NINE Countertransference with mentally handicapped patients 170 PART IV PILGRIMAGE 178 Introduction 180 CHAPTER TEN Independence of mind: attachment and the British Society 184 CHAPTER ELEVEN Migration from the Tavistock: impetus for mental change 194 CHAPTER TWELVE The struggle to achieve independence of mind in the British Psychoanalytical Society 208 PART V PAPERS ON NARCISSISM 222 Introduction 224 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Narcissism: a reconstructed theory 230 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Narcissism as trauma preserved 238 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Corruption of interpretation through narcissism 250 CHAPTER SIXTEEN The core of narcissism 262 PART VI THE INFLUENCE OF WILFRED BION 274 Introduction 276 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The influence of Bion on my clinical work 278 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Bion and trauma transformed 292 PART VII PSYCHOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF PSYCHOANALYTIC CONCEPTS 304 Introduction 306 CHAPTER NINETEEN Envy: a psychological analysis 308 CHAPTER TWENTY The structure of paranoia 320 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE A theory of communication for psychoanalysis 336 VIII EPILOGUE 350 Introduction 352 CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Self-analysis in flight 354 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The way forward 368 REFERENCES 372 INDEX 378 pt. I. John Klauber : psychoanalyst of the person. John Klauber, independent clinician -- pt. II. Emotional freedom in the analyst. The patient makes the analyst The analyst's act of freedom as agent of therapeutic change Phantasy effects that which it represents Maturity and interpretation as joint therapeutic agents -- pt. III. The influence from treating psychopaths and the mentally handicapped. The response aroused by the psychopath The origins of rage and aggression The psychotherapy of a mentally handicapped patient Countertransference with mentally handicapped patients -- pt. IV. Pilgrimage. Independence of mind : attachment and the British Society Migration from the Tavistock : impetus for mental change The struggle to achieve independence of mind in the British Psychoanalytical Society -- pt. V. Papers on narcissism. Narcissism : a reconstructed theory Narcissism as trauma preserved Corruption of interpretation through narcissism The core of narcissism -- pt. VI. The influence of Wilfred Bion. The influence of Wilfred Bion on my clinical work Bion and trauma transformed -- pt. VI. Psychological understanding of psychoanalytic concepts. Envy : a psychological analysis The structure of paranoia A theory of communication for psychoanalysis -- pt. VIII. Epilogue. Self-analysis in flight The way forward. In this book Neville Symington brings together a wide range of lectures and previously published papers along with fresh commentary, providing the reader with a veritable feast of his ideas and further thinking about psychoanalytic theory and clinical practice