The Clinical Erik Erikson: A Psychoanalytic Method of Engagement and Activation [Paperback]

Acknowledgment. Introductory Remarks. Personal Reflections: Erik Eriksons 100th Birthday Celebration at The Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, August 24, 2002. Perspectives on Eriksons Clinical-Psychotherapeutic Work with Children and Adults. Configurations of Childrens Play: Toys and Reasons . Exploration in the Interpretation of Childrens Play and Child Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalysis without Words and Play and Cure . Erikson and the Clinical Case Conference at the Austen Riggs Center: Visual Observations and Reflections about Treatment. Adult Psychoanalysis, Part I: An Introduction to Eriksons Psychotherapeutic Work Utilizing Clinical Case Material. Adult Psychoanalysis, Part II: An In-Depth Perspective of Eriksons Clinical Method: The Story of James. Adult Psychoanalysis, Part III: An Investigation into Eriksons Psychoanalytic Treatment Method and Technique. Eriksons Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Adolescents: An Existential/Developmental Perspective. References

The twentieth century has been described as the time of mans discovery of himself; few have contributed more to this cause than Erik Erikson. The Clinical Erik Erikson: A psychoanalytic method of engagement and activation highlights Eriksons transforming contributions to the field of psychoanalysis and honors his legacy by providing unpublished clinical case illustrations of his psychotherapeutic work.

The publication of case materialsimple memorable fragments and clinical vignettes brings the reader into Eriksons consultation room, providing a portrait of his clinical technique and demonstrating how he actually worked.

Stephen Schlein, an authority on Erikson, presents an illuminating account of Eriksons pioneering work through an exhaustive searchlsC