{"product_id":"mutual-analysis-peter-l-rudnytsky-9781032133829","title":"Mutual Analysis: Ferenczi, Severn, and the Origins of Trauma Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eS疣dor Ferenczi's mutual analysis with Elizabeth Severn-the patient known as R.N. in the \u003ci\u003eClinical Diary\u003c\/i\u003e-is one of the most controversial and consequential episodes in the history of psychoanalysis. In his latest groundbreaking work, Peter L. Rudnytsky draws on a trove of archival sources to provide a definitive scholarly account of this experiment, which constitutes a paradigm for relational psychoanalysis, as Freud's self-analysis does for classical psychoanalysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Part 1, Rudnytsky tells the story of Severn's life and traces the unfolding of her ideas, culminating in \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of the Self. \u003c\/i\u003eHe shows how her book contains disguised case histories not only of Ferenczi and Severn herself-and thereby forms an indispensable companion volume to Ferenczi's \u003ci\u003eClinical Diary-\u003c\/i\u003ebut also of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSevern's daughter Margaret, an internationally acclaimed dancer whose history of childhood sexual abuse uncannily replicated Severn's own. Part 2 compares Severn to Clara Thompson and Izette de Forest as transmitters of Ferenczi's legacy, sets the record straight about Ferenczi's final illness, and reveals how Severn went beyond Freud and Groddeck in her capacity as Ferenczi's analyst. Finally, in Part 3, Rudnytsky delineates the contrast between Freud and Ferenczi as men and thinkers and makes it clear why he agrees with Erich Fromm that Ferenczi's example demonstrates how Freud's attitude need not be that of all analysts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive study of Ferenczi's mutual analysis with Severn, this book is a profound reexamination of Ferenczi's relationship to Freud and an impassioned defense of Severn and Ferenczi's views on the nature and treatment of trauma. It will appeal to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, especially to relational analysts, self psychologists, and trauma theorists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter L. Rudnytsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032133821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032133829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.76d","brand":"Peter L. Rudnytsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046879228159,"sku":"9781032133829","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc4fc6cf-c231-4118-a505-7eecfb32b781.jpg?v=1684987012","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mutual-analysis-peter-l-rudnytsky-9781032133829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}