Girl who Committed Hara-Kiri and Other Clinical and Historical Essays

Franco Borgogno is full professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Turin and training and supervising psychoanalyst of the Italian Psychoanalytical Society. He is author of several papers and books, including 'Psychoanalysis as a Journey', and lectures and supervises throughout Europe and Israel, as well as in North and South America. He is part of the Editorial Board of Italian and International psychoanalytic journals and IPA Chair of the 'Psychoanalysis and University' Committee. In 2010 Borgogno has received the Mary Sigourney Award.

'Franco Borgogno's new book is a unique phenomenon in psychoanalytic literature. The author, whose own clinical and theoretical thinking is richly fertilized by numerous voices, here invites several contemporary psychoanalysts - from Italy, the United States, Israel and Argentina - to enter into an open dialogue with him around a fascinating analytic case which he wrote up with much literary talent. The emerging multiplicity of voices, and Borgogno's own thoughtful responses to his colleagues, create a stimulating discourse, and offer rich evidence of the creative multiplicity in worldwide psychoanalytic thought today.' - Emanuel Berman, Professor of Psychology, University of Haifa, and Training and Supervising Analyst, Israel Psychoanalytic Society'Franco Borgogno is a remarkable representative of the new Italian psychoanalytic stream, and his book perfectly integrates culture, creativity, innovation and authenticity. Contemporary psychoanalysis requires both international vision and personal characterization, and Borgogno's psychoanalytic attitude towards patients, colleagues and theories fully satisfies these demands.'- Stefano Bolognini, President of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society, and President Elect of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA)'In the best traditions of the second part of last-century psychoanalysis initiated by Heimann, Winnicott, Balint, Bion and earlier by Ferenczi's pioneering work, Borgogno presents an impressive and stimulating testimony of his way of being a psychoanalyst. His journey - open-ended, provisional, and unfinished - invites us to explore new areas of psychic change and freedom. The end of his journey is also the start of another: for the reader. This is a stimulating and formidable book.'- Andre Haynal, MD, Emeritus Professor of Psychopathology, University of Geneva.

• Foreword , Author’s Preface , Part I , On the patient’s becoming an individual: the importance of the analyst’s personal response to a deprived schizoid patient and her dreams 1 , The roots of a psychic suffering: the analyst’s “theoretical tics” , The interlocking of the “inter-intra” psychic , The importance of having an “agency” on the other , The process of working through in the “here and now” and along the “long wave” of the analytic encounter , On “psychic death” 1 , Part II , “Spoilt children”: a conversation between two analysts 1 , Little Hans updated , A particular form of repetition in the transference-countertransference , Ferenczi: yesterday, today, and tomorrow , Part III , There is no conclusion