{"product_id":"life-studies-in-psychoanalysis-ahron-friedberg-m-d-9781032403427","title":"Life Studies in Psychoanalysis: Faces of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife Studies in Psychoanalysis \u003c\/em\u003econsists of four psychoanalytic studies, each representing a patient's course of treatment over several years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese studies demonstrate how love, in an array of forms, is refracted through the process of psychoanalysis, which unfolds over time and reveals the complexities of human desire. The cases presented here cover topics including repressed homosexuality, a taboo desire for a sibling, obsession with a fantasy, an Oedipus complex, and transferences that become an initial obstacle to treatment. As the studies proceed, each renders the nonlinear progress of treatment, as layer upon layer of a patient's issues are brought to light and the patient slowly, often reluctantly, comes to terms with these issues. Dr. Ahron Friedberg offers professionals techniques for encouraging patients to remain in treatment when they become resistant, demoralized, or feel like they have hit a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, this book demonstrates how some patients, troubled by romantic, sexualized, fantasized, illicit, and\/or uncontrollable desire, learn through psychoanalysis to accommodate their desires to what is possible and permissible in the lives that they otherwise inhabit. In this sense, the studies involve journeys from a place characterized by the epiphenomena of troubled love - grief, guilt, frustration - to one in which, through enhanced self-awareness, patients understand the sources and implications of their motivations. They come to understand why love has seemed like a minefield, and begin to find a more fulfilling path through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Studies in Psychoanalysis \u003c\/i\u003ewill be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, psychoanalytic psychotherapists, and readers looking for insight into the analytic process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ahron Friedberg M. D.,Sandra Sherman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 103240342X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032403427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Ahron Friedberg M. D.","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621874086143,"sku":"9781032403427","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-studies-in-psychoanalysis-ahron-friedberg-m-d-9781032403427","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}