PSYCHOTHERAPY DYNAMICS
CONTENTS THIS IS NEAR AND THIS IS FAR THE ROOM SPECULATIONS ON TREATMENT OF MASOCHISM AS AN EGO DEFENSE WORKING THROUGH IN RELATION TO MASOCHISM AS A REFUSAL TO MOURN HATE, LOVE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION (A PSYCHOANALYSTS REFLECTIONS UPON READING ROMAIN GARY’S WHITE DOG) CONTENDING WITH CONTEMPT (CONTEMPT, MASOCHISM AND WORKING THROUGH) SOME THOUGHTS ON WORKING THROUGH IN THE LIGHT OF MY GRANDFATHER’S DEATH ON STRUGGLING TOWARDS TERMINATION ON BEGINNINGS ON BARRIERS, CONTEMPT AND THE CONCEPT OF THE “VULNERABLE MOMENT” JONATHAN AND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC TORCH (THOUGHTS ON THE SUPERVISORY PROCESS) MANNIE OFF TO CONNEMARA (A REPETITIVE TALE OF RESISTANCE, RESENTMENT AND REFUSAL TO MOURN) RECALCITRANT WORKING THROUGH, NARCISSISM AND THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY SPLITTING, PROJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION, AND CONTAINMENT AS COUNTERTRANSFERENCE ISSUES IN THE TREATMENT OF BORDERLINE PATIENTS