{"product_id":"clinical-interaction-and-the-analysis-theo-l-dorpat-9781138872424","title":"Clinical Interaction and the Analysis of Meaning: A New Psychoanalytic Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClinical Interaction and the Analysis of Meaning\u003c\/em\u003e evinces a therapeutic vitality all too rare in works of theory. Rather than fleeing from the insights of other disciplines, Dorpat and Miller discover in recent research confirmation of the possibilities of psychoanalytic treatment. In Section I, \"Critique of Classical Theory,\" Dorpat proposes a radical revision of the notion of primary process consonant with contemporary cognitive science. Such a revised conception not only enlarges our understanding of the analytic process; it also provides analysis with a conceptual language that can articulate meaningful connections with a growing body of empirical research about the development and nature of human cognition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Section II, \"Interactional Theory,\" Miller reverses the direction of inquiry. He begins with the literature on cognitive development and functioning, and proceeds to mine it for concepts relevant to the clinical process. He shows how a revised understanding of the operation of cognition and affect can impart new meaning to basic clinical concepts such as resistance, transference, and level of psychopathology. In Section III, \"Applications and Exemplifications,\" Dorpat concludes this exemplary collaboration by exploring select topics from the standpoint of his and Miller's new psychoanalytic theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the authors' endeavor it \"meaning analysis,\" a concept that integrates an up-to-date model of human information processing with the traditional goals of psychoanalysis. The patient approaches the clinical encounter, they argue, with cognitive-affective schemas that are the accumulatice product of his life experience to date; the manifold meanings ascribed to the clinical interaction must be understood as the product of these schemas rather than as distortions deriving from unconscious, drive-related fantasies. The therapist's goal is to make the patient's meaning-making conscious and thus available for introspection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theo L. Dorpat,Michael L. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138872423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138872424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Theo L. Dorpat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444061155583,"sku":"9781138872424","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a758b106-9741-40df-abde-c5cfcc58a1a4.jpg?v=1777209731","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clinical-interaction-and-the-analysis-theo-l-dorpat-9781138872424","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}