Psychoanalytic Studies of Change

Siri Erika Gullestad is professor emeritus of clinical psychology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is a training and supervising psychoanalyst and was awarded the Sigourney Award in 2019. An experienced teacher and supervisor, she is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Theory and Practice of Psychoanalytic Therapy: Listening for the Subtext (with Bjørn Killingmo, Routledge).Erik Stänicke is professor of clinical psychology at the University of Oslo, Norway, and a training psychoanalyst. He is an experienced supervisor and teacher and is the author of numerous books and articles.Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber is professor emeritus of psychoanalysis at the University of Kassel, Germany. She is former director of the Sigmund-Freud-Institut in Frankfurt am Main, senior scientist at the University of Medicine in Mainz, a training and supervising analyst and author of numerous books and articles. She is the recipient of awards including the 2016 Sigourney Award and the IPA’s Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award.

“This book invites you to immerse yourself in recent psychoanalytic contributions to the study of psychic change and unconscious processes. Written by authoritative voices in the field, the chapters cover an impressive range of expertise, from clinical to statistical and developmental studies, and from neuroscience to a metacognitive analysis of self-reflection. An invaluable guide, this book skillfully navigates the complex terrain of contemporary psychoanalytic research, bridging multiple methodologies and perspectives.” Ricardo Bernardi, Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine, Uruguay“This book on psychoanalytic studies of change processes presents groundbreaking psychoanalytic and interdisciplinary research on complex interactional processes that may hinder or promote development. It gives insight into the specifics of psychoanalysis as a scientific discipline and demonstrates how early experiences form the personality and how psychoanalytic processes may promote new development given its focus on deep emotional processes. The book is highly recommended for clinicians but also for researchers who want to understand better how enduring changes may develop.” Sverre Varvin, Professor Emeritus, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

• Part I Process and outcome1. Trajectory of change in the Individual and the Diagnostic Group: Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) and the Treatment of Personality PathologyJohn Clarkin, Nicole Cain, & Eve Caligor.2. Clinical Outcome and Process Research in the MODE Study: From the Psychoanalysis of a Young Man in Emerging AdulthoodMarianne Leuzinger-Bohleber and Gilles Ambresin.3. Changes in dreams- an indicator for transformation processes in psychoanalysis: Clinical Outcome and Process Research in the MODE StudyGilles Ambresin and Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber.4. In the footsteps of Kandel. Epigenetics and therapeutic changeJuan Pablo Jimenez & Yamil Quevedo5. Diagnosis of Personality Organization – Towards the Evaluation of Severity and ChangeStephan Doering6. Group Analytic Psychotherapy. An effective treatment?Steinar LorentzenPart II Conceptual studies 7. Psychoanalysis and its distinct epistemologyErik Stänicke8. Self-agency and self-reflection - building blocks for a dual self-theoryWerner Bohleber9. The Mechanism of Change in the ‘Talking Cure’: A Neuropsychoanalytic PerspectiveMark Solms10. In search of change: The role of affirmationSiri Erika GullestadPart III Prevention 11. Contributing to public policies: A psychoanalytically informed program for helping mother and babies.Rogerio Lerner.12. The role of caregivers in the building of self-regulation and symbolization in early infancy Clara Raznoszczyk Schejtman, Constanza Duhalde, Vanina Huerin, M. Pia Vernengo and Ines Vardy13. “Building Baby Brains”. A psychoanalytically inspired training program for helping mothers and their babies in PakistanAlexandra Harrison and Elizabeth LeveyPart IV In search of methods14. The self and self-harm – towards a more nuanced understanding of self-harm in adolescenceLine Stänicke15. Relational competence in psychotherapyCecilie Hillestad Hoff16. Developing therapeutic competence: Learning to work in the transferenceHanne Strømme & Stephan Hau17. A microanalytic method to investigate psychoanalytic process: In search of the in-betweenJuan Pablo Jimenez & Carolina Altimir