The Clinical Exchange Techniques Derived from Self and Motivational Systems [Paperback]

In this practical sequel to the same authors' Self and Motivational Systems(TAP, 1992), Lichtenberg, Lachmann, and Fosshage offer ten principles of technique to guide the clinical exchange. These principles, which pertain equally to exploratory psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, integrate the findings of self psychology with recent developmental research that has refined our understanding of the self as a center of experience and motivation. The ten principles of technique not only provide a valuable framework for attending to a wide range of motivations, but lead to basic revisions in the theory and technical management of affects, transference, and dreams.Introduction. Case Summary and Effects of Lived Experiences on the Patient's Self and Motivation Systems. Clinical Exchange: 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990: Ten Principles of Technique. Affective Experience: The Golden Threat in the Clinical Exchange. Transferences: How We Understand and Work with Them. Dreams: The Special Opportunity to Explore Provided by Sleep Mentation. Sexuality, Affection, and Erotization: Implications for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse. Modes of Therapeutic Action and How Our Technical Recommendations Promote Them. Challenging Questions and Our Responses.

One hundred years after Freud and Breuer initiated the saga of psychoanalytic technique, Lichtenberg, Lachmann, and Fosshage have written he most up-to-date, comprehensive, and readable guide to the practical clinical management of the therapeutic exchange.  Theoretical sophistication and clinical experience, combined with the wisdom gained from decades of active teaching, research, and therapy, allow the authors to choose just the right amalgam of time-tested techniques and contemporary insights.  The Clinical Exchange will stand as a landmark in the development of technique.

- Erlók