Marilia Aisenstein is a member and training analyst of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society and of the Hellenic Psychoanalytical Society. A past President of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society, past President of l'Institut de Psychosomatique de Paris, former European representative to the Board, and former Chair of International Psychoanalytical Association International New Groups, she is the author of many papers and publications about psychosomatics and received the Bouvet Award in 1992.

'An Analytic Journey is a wonderful collection of Marilia Aisenstein's writings, attesting to her long and outstanding career as a psychoanalyst. Reading this book felt akin to embarking on a fascinating analytic journey through new and exciting psychic terrains, led by the most original of guides. The author is an engaging and creative writer who shares her discoveries and explorations both in terms of content and approach in an ever-changing world. Especially intriguing is the way Aisenstein's writing bears witness to her own personal and professional growth. This is one psychoanalytic journey not to be missed.'- Antonino Ferro, president of the Italian Psychoanalytical Society'Representing the best of the French psychoanalytic tradition, Marilia Aisenstein seamlessly blends the foundational work of Freud with the important contributions of Lacan, Laplanche, Green, Pontalis, Marty, and M'Uzan. She tackles a wide range of topics, including the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis, the father's role in development, bisexuality, the destruction of thought process, and, above all, the indissoluble unity of psyche and soma. The last-mentioned topic is Aisenstein's forte and she is undoubtedly the finest scholar and practitioner of psychoanalysis in this realm. The ample material provided from her clinical work makes this book humane, lively, and deeply convincing.'- Salman Akhtar, MD, training and supervising analyst, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia

• Preface , Introduction , The French Psychoanalytic Landscape , Letter from Paris (2010) , From the art of archery to the art of psychoanalysis (1992) , On therapeutic action (2007) , Does cure come as a by-product of psychoanalytic treatment? (2003) , The Heart of the Treatment , On transference compulsion as the sole key to the therapeutic efficacy of analysis (2009)* (Discussion of Sander M. Abend's Freud, transference, and therapeutic action) , Countertransference and transference with somatic patients (2012) , Drive, representation, and the demands of representation (2013) , The Soma , Psychosomatic solution or somatic outcome: the man from Burma—psychotherapy of a case of haemorrhagic rectocolitis (1993) , The indissociable unity of psyche and soma: a view from the Paris Psychosomatic School* (2006) , Conceptual framework of the Paris Psychosomatic School: a clinical psychoanalytic approach to oncology (2010) , Psychosexuality , A particular form of paternal identification in women (2012) , Some thoughts on the question of the father* (2015) , On bisexuality: being born with two eyes (2015) , Vicissitudes of Thinking , Thinking as an act of the flesh (2014) , On the destruction of thought-processes (2015) , Postscript

Marilia Aisenstein is a member and training analyst of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society and of the Hellenic Psychoanalytical Society. A past President of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society, past President of l'Institut de Psychosomatique de Paris, former European representative to the Board, and former Chair of International Psychoanalytical Association International New Groups, she is the author of many papers and publications about psychosomatics and received the Bouvet Award in 1992.

'An Analytic Journey is a wonderful collection of Marilia Aisenstein's writings, attesting to her long and outstanding career as a psychoanalyst. Reading this book felt akin to embarking on a fascinating analytic journey through new and exciting psychic terrains, led by the most original of guides. The author is an engaging and creative writer who shares her discoveries and explorations both in terms of content and approach in an ever-changing world. Especially intriguing is the way Aisenstein's writing bears witness to her own personal and professional growth. This is one psychoanalytic journey not to be missed.'- Antonino Ferro, president of the Italian Psychoanalytical Society'Representing the best of the French psychoanalytic tradition, Marilia Aisenstein seamlessly blends the foundational work of Freud with the important contributions of Lacan, Laplanche, Green, Pontalis, Marty, and M'Uzan. She tackles a wide range of topics, including the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis, the father's role in development, bisexuality, the destruction of thought process, and, above all, the indissoluble unity of psyche and soma. The last-mentioned topic is Aisenstein's forte and she is undoubtedly the finest scholar and practitioner of psychoanalysis in this realm. The ample material provided from her clinical work makes this book humane, lively, and deeply convincing.'- Salman Akhtar, MD, training and supervising analyst, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia

• Preface , Introduction , The French Psychoanalytic Landscape , Letter from Paris (2010) , From the art of archery to the art of psychoanalysis (1992) , On therapeutic action (2007) , Does cure come as a by-product of psychoanalytic treatment? (2003) , The Heart of the Treatment , On transference compulsion as the sole key to the therapeutic efficacy of analysis (2009)* (Discussion of Sander M. Abend's Freud, transference, and therapeutic action) , Countertransference and transference with somatic patients (2012) , Drive, representation, and the demands of representation (2013) , The Soma , Psychosomatic solution or somatic outcome: the man from Burma—psychotherapy of a case of haemorrhagic rectocolitis (1993) , The indissociable unity of psyche and soma: a view from the Paris Psychosomatic School* (2006) , Conceptual framework of the Paris Psychosomatic School: a clinical psychoanalytic approach to oncology (2010) , Psychosexuality , A particular form of paternal identification in women (2012) , Some thoughts on the question of the father* (2015) , On bisexuality: being born with two eyes (2015) , Vicissitudes of Thinking , Thinking as an act of the flesh (2014) , On the destruction of thought-processes (2015) , Postscript