New Freudian Synthesis

This work presents a vision of contemporary Freudian psychoanalysis. The contributors show how modern Freudian analysts have translated and retranslated the contributions of analysts on whose shoulders they stand, including Freud, Winnicott, Loewald, Ferenczi and others, and synthesized them into a new conception of Freudian theory and technique.The opening chapters provide a theoretical overview, demonstrating the evolution of Freudian theory and ways in which different theories can be integrated. The latter chapters, forming the bulk of the volume, translate that frame into clinical process.Analysts confronted with clinical dilemmas - for example, patients who cannot, for various reasons, use interpretations productively - find ways to address these dilemmas while deepening the analytic process. The reader will find that a new synthesis has taken place in which the relationship with the analyst is a crucial element in setting the stage for patients to take a closer look into their inner world. This detailed examination of the clinical techniques that were implied but not developed by past analysts has led to a new Freudian synthesis, which is the unique contribution of this volume.

Andrew B. Druck, PhD., ABPP, is a Fellow (Training and Supervising Analyst), past President, former Dean of Training, and Faculty member at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR). He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology, Faculty member and Supervising Analyst at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He is the author of 'Four Therapeutic Approaches to the Borderline Patient'. Carolyn Ellman, Ph.D is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) and the New York Freudian Society. She is an Adjunct Clinical Professor and Supervising Analyst at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and a Clinical Associate Supervisor at City University Clinical Psychology Department. She is the Senior Editor of 'The Modern Freudians' and 'Omnipotent Fantasies and the Vulnerable Self'. Norbert Freedman, Ph.D. (1922 - 2011) was a Training and Supervising Analyst and former President at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR). He was an Adjunct Clinical Professor and Supervising Analyst at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and former Director of Clinical Psychology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center. He was the author of numerous publications on the clinical and empirical study of symbolization and transformations in the psychoanalytic process. Aaron Thaler, Ph.D. is on the Faculty of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR), the Faculty of the IPTAR Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, and he leads the IPTAR Study Group on Winnicott. He is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Training Institute of The New York Freudian Society.