Mariam Alizade MD, is a psychiatrist and training analyst of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association. She is the current overall chair of the IPA Committe on Women and Psychoanalysis (COWAP) and former COWAP Latin-American co-chair. She is the author of a number of titles, including 'Motherhood in the Tweny-First Century'; editor of the IPA-COWAP series and of the collected papers of the COWAP Latin-American Intergenerational Dialogues.

Contents1 Positivity in Psychoanalysis2 Theoretical Fundamentals 3 Clinical Work and Positivity4 Psychoanalysis and Mental Health5 Repetition and its Reversal6 Trauma and Positivity7 The Internal Setting8 Re-analysis and Impasse9 Clinical Vignettes10 An Essay on Joy

• A Few Words about the English Version -- Introductory Remarks -- Positivity in psychoanalysis -- Theoretical fundamentals -- Clinical work and positivity -- Psychoanalysis and mental health -- Repetition and its reversal -- Trauma and positivity -- The internal setting -- Reanalysis and impasse -- Clinical vignettes -- An essay on joy -- Closing Words

Mariam Alizade MD, is a psychiatrist and training analyst of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association. She is the current overall chair of the IPA Committe on Women and Psychoanalysis (COWAP) and former COWAP Latin-American co-chair. She is the author of a number of titles, including 'Motherhood in the Tweny-First Century'; editor of the IPA-COWAP series and of the collected papers of the COWAP Latin-American Intergenerational Dialogues.

Contents1 Positivity in Psychoanalysis2 Theoretical Fundamentals 3 Clinical Work and Positivity4 Psychoanalysis and Mental Health5 Repetition and its Reversal6 Trauma and Positivity7 The Internal Setting8 Re-analysis and Impasse9 Clinical Vignettes10 An Essay on Joy

• A Few Words about the English Version -- Introductory Remarks -- Positivity in psychoanalysis -- Theoretical fundamentals -- Clinical work and positivity -- Psychoanalysis and mental health -- Repetition and its reversal -- Trauma and positivity -- The internal setting -- Reanalysis and impasse -- Clinical vignettes -- An essay on joy -- Closing Words

Mariam Alizade MD, is a psychiatrist and training analyst of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association. She is the current overall chair of the IPA Committe on Women and Psychoanalysis (COWAP) and former COWAP Latin-American co-chair. She is the author of a number of titles, including 'Motherhood in the Tweny-First Century'; editor of the IPA-COWAP series and of the collected papers of the COWAP Latin-American Intergenerational Dialogues.

Contents1 Positivity in Psychoanalysis2 Theoretical Fundamentals 3 Clinical Work and Positivity4 Psychoanalysis and Mental Health5 Repetition and its Reversal6 Trauma and Positivity7 The Internal Setting8 Re-analysis and Impasse9 Clinical Vignettes10 An Essay on Joy

• A Few Words about the English Version -- Introductory Remarks -- Positivity in psychoanalysis -- Theoretical fundamentals -- Clinical work and positivity -- Psychoanalysis and mental health -- Repetition and its reversal -- Trauma and positivity -- The internal setting -- Reanalysis and impasse -- Clinical vignettes -- An essay on joy -- Closing Words