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

Joseph D. Lichtenberg (Author), Frank M. Lachmann (Author), James L. Fosshage (Author)

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Publication Date: October 1, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0881632201 | ISBN-13: 978-0881632200

This work offers ten principles of technique to guide the clinical exchange. They, pertaining to psychoanalysis and exploratory psychotherapy, integrate the findings of self psychology with developmental research that has refined understanding of the self as a centre of experience and motivation.

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"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."

- Ernest S. Wolf, M.D., Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis

"Building on their synthesis of developmental research, their innovative conceptualization of the five motivational systems, and their subsequent technical suggestions regarding 'model scenes,' Lichtenberg, Lachmann, and Fosshage have written an exciting and broad-ranging book on technique.  It should inspire th neophyte, enhance the work of the seasoned practitioner, and challenge the assumptions of all those who study the clinical exchange."

- Jack Novick, Ph.D., and Kery Kelly Novick, Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute

"This is Greenson in a different key, a primer of psychoanalytic technique from the perspective of self psychology and infant observation, with so much process material from a single analysis that you not only see why the analyst does what he does, but can compare his inferences with your own, no matter what your clinical orientation.  The format is so effective that by the end you feel as if you have had several years of supervision with the authors.  The Clinical Exchange provides as generous a sample of the analyst's work as systematically presented as any book on technique that I know."

- Henry F. Smith, M.D., Psychoanalytic Institute of New England, East

 

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Joseph D. Lichtenberg, M.D., is Editor-in-Chief of Psychoanaytic Inquiry, Director Emeritus of the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and past President of the International Council for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology.  He has authored and edited numerous books and articles, including Craft and Spirit: A Guide to the Exploratory Psychotherapies (Analytic Press, 2005) and, with Frank Lachmann and James Fosshage,  A Sprit of Inquiry: Communication in Psychoanalysis (Analytic Press, 2002).

Frank M. Lachmann, Ph.D., is a founding faculty member of the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, Training and Supervising Analyst, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He has contributed over 100 articles to the journal literature, and is author of Transforming Aggression (Aronson, 2000), and co-author of Self and Motivational Systems (Analytic Press, 1992), The Clinical Exchange (Analytic Press, 1996), and Infant Research and Adult Treatment (Analytic Press, 2002).

James L. Fosshage, Ph.D., is Cofounder, Board Director, and faculty member, National Institute for the Psychotherapies, NYC; founding faculty member, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, NYC; and Clinical Professor of Psychology, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. 

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881632201
• ISBN-13: 978-0881632200
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: The Clinical Exchange: Techniques Derived from Self and Motivational Systems (Hardcover)

In The Clinical Exchange, Joseph D. Lichtenberg, Frank Lachmann, Frank M. Lachmann, and James I. Fosshageand effectively collaborate to lay out ten principles of technique which guide the clinical exchange within the framework of psychoanalysis and exploratory psychotherapy. The authors illustrate these principles by case example, and explore the successes and failures of treating analyst's interventions alongside their technical guidelines. The Clinical Exchange is a seminal and significant contribution that surveys the full spectrum of technical issues arising in clinical work and an invaluable reference for students and practitioners of psychoanalytic intervention and therapies.