Sandor Ferenczi: The Psychoanalyst of Tenderness and Passion [Hardcover]

Arnold W. Rachman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 1568211007 | ISBN-13: 978-1568211008

Interpersonal, object relations, and self psychology owe a debt to Sandor Ferenczi, the father of active and humanistic approach to therapy. Before Freud suppressed his radical ideas, Ferenczi made great progress in formulating new techniques to treat difficult-to-reach patients, such as people with character disorders, borderline conditions, and incest survivors. With this book, Rachman gives contemporary therapists what has been denied them: access to Ferenczi as a role model for working flexibly, creatively, and innovatively with diverse patients.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This is the first book giving a complete picture of one of the most original companions of Freud, Sandor Ferenczi, the Hungarian psychoanalyst who is one of the founders of contemporary psychoanalytic technique. This work, a decade-long endeavor, is based on extensive research using English, German, French, and Hungarian sources. The unique qualities of this book (high scientific caliber, easy reading style, inspiring practical ideas) make it necessary reading for anyone who wants to be up to date on the understanding of the contemporary lively struggle for a renewal of psychoanalytic thinking and especially psychoanalytic practice. (Andre E. Haynal )

Dr. Rachman should be heartily congratulated for the absolutely superb job he has done in reestablishing Ferenczi's rightful place as a hero in the history of the psychodynamic movement. (Roazen, Paul )

Arnold Rachman's book is impressive for the way he has traced the evolution of Ferenczi's thinking from that of a young disciple of Freud to a mature and independent thinker who proved that psychoanalysis could be both exacting and humane. It has been necessary to tell the story of the break with Freud, and this he has done in a balanced account, without rancor or anger. For anyone who is interested in the future of psychoanalysis as a therapeutic tool and particularly in the idea of attentively listening to what the patient is actually saying, this is imperative reading. (Phyllis Grosskurth )

About the Author

Dr. Arnold Rachman is a licensed psychologist, trained psychoanalyst, and Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 488 pages
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc. (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568211007
• ISBN-13: 978-1568211008
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,964,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive book on Ferenczi, October 17, 1999

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Richard L. Vaughn "Eclectic Reader" (Grand Rapids, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sandor Ferenczi: The Psychoanalyst of Tenderness and Passion (Hardcover)

I was not terribly familiar with this man when the book was recommended to me, but came to respect him greatly by the end. This and other books I subsequently read paint Sandor in a much better light than the mud slinging from Freud's biographers.