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Tables of Contents for New Clinical Realms
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
Preface
xiii
PART I: UNEXPLORED PROBLEMS
Mental Pain
3
22
Definition and Phenomenology
Causes of Mental Pain
Defensive Maneuvers
Poetry as an Ointment
Two Clinical Vignettes
Concluding Remarks
Writer's Block
25
22
Definition and Phenomenology
Early Psychoanalytic Literature
From Edmund Bergler to Ronald Britton
Other Contemporary Views
The Recent Monograph by Kolodny
Concluding Remarks
PART II: UNRECOGNIZED PERSONALITIES
The Shy Narcissist
47
12
Survey of the Psychoanalytic Literature
Does This Syndrome Exist in DSM-IV?
A Composite Clinical Profile
Differential Diagnosis
Concluding Remarks
The Other Woman
59
30
Descriptive Characteristics
Developmental Backgrounds
Diagnostic Categories
Psychodynamics
Treatment
Concluding Remarks
PART III: UNCELEBRATED PARTNERS
Animals
89
32
Delusions and Hallucinations
Confusional States
Lycanthropy
Culture-Bound Psychiatric Syndromes
Obsessions and Phobias
The Syndrome of Animal Hoarding
Personality Disorders
Sexual Perversions Involving Animals
Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
The Effect of Immigration Upon the Man-Animal Relationship
Concluding Remarks
Things
121
44
The Role of Inanimate Objects in Personality Development
Incorporation of Physical Objects in the Symptoms of Psychopathology
Technical Implications of the Real and Imaginary Ecological Aspects of Clinical Work
Concluding Remarks
PART IV: UNFAMILIAR PROCESSES
From Simplicity through Contradiction to Paradox
165
14
The Sequence of Events
Some Caveats
Clinical Material
Holding, Unmasking, Bridging, and Depth-Rendering Interventions
Concluding Remarks
From Schisms through Synthesis to Oscillation
179
22
Two Clinical Vignettes
Schisms and Synthesis
Back to the Clinical Situation
A Developmental Postscript
Concluding Remarks
PART V: UNTAPPED POTENTIALS
Mentorship
201
10
What Is a Mentor?
Mentor Versus Teacher
Mentor Versus Father
Mentor Versus Lover
Mentor Versus Analyst
Some Unaddressed Realms
Concluding Remarks
Forgiveness
211
28
Definition and Dynamics
Origins
Psychopathological Syndromes Involving Forgiveness
The Role of Apology and Forgiveness in the Clinical Situation
Concluding Remarks
References
239
32
Index
271