Siri Erika Gullestad – författare

Undertexten – psykoanalytisk terapi i praktiken handlar om psykoanalytisk behandling och beskriver med hjälp av konkreta exempel hur en sådan behandling har stöd i klinisk praktik. Psykoanalysen är en behandlingsmetod som både omfattar en teori om utveckling och organisering av personligheten och en teori om psykopatologi.

Författarna poängterar att terapeutens verksamhet alltid styrs av en bakomliggande systematisk teori. Samspelet mellan klinisk observation och teori är bokens röda tråd.

Den terapeutiska dialogen rymmer två nivåer som terapeuten lyssnar till samtidigt. ”Texten” som är det uppenbara innehållet i patientens tal. ”Undertexten” som terapeuten bara indirekt har tillgång till och som rymmer känslor, önskningar, fantasier och självuppfattningar som är alltför känsliga att presenteras i ”texten”. Därav huvudtiteln Undertexten.

Boken riktar sig framför allt till psykolog- och psykoterapeutstudenter men även till verksamma psykologer och psykoterapeuter.

Om författarnaSiri Erika Gullestad är psykoanalytiker och professor i klinisk psykologi vid Psykologisk Institut vid Universitetet i Oslo, där hon är ansvarig för Klinikk for dynamisk psykoterapi.

Bjørn Killingmo är psykoanalytiker och professor emeritus i klinisk psykologi vid Psykologisk Institut vid Universitetet i Oslo. Översättare är Gun Zetterström. Den svenska utgåvan är fackgranskad av Gunnel Jacobsson, leg. psykolog, leg. psykoterapeut, fi l.dr, psykologiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet.

Psychoanalytic Studies of Change presents recent studies of the process and outcome of psychoanalytic therapy with an integrative perspective.A recurrent challenge in the discussion of therapeutic outcome is the gap between empirical, quantitative studies, reporting results on a group level, and the clinician’s interest in complex mechanisms of change presupposing microanalysis of dynamic interaction processes. This book bridges that gap via dynamic contributions from a variety of authors. Quantitative and qualitative studies are connected, epistemological and conceptual research is emphasized as specific domains, and in-depth clinical case studies are highlighted. The book comprises several new contributions to epistemology and conceptual research, as well as chapters discussing the challenge of combining qualitative and quantitative methods in studying process and outcome.Psychoanalytic Studies of Change will not only meet a need specifically within psychoanalysis for up-to-date research but also provide an overview of the latest empirical research on psychoanalysis for a broader clinical and academic group of readers. It will appeal to psychoanalysts in practice and in training.

Psychoanalytic Studies of Change presents recent studies of the process and outcome of psychoanalytic therapy with an integrative perspective.A recurrent challenge in the discussion of therapeutic outcome is the gap between empirical, quantitative studies, reporting results on a group level, and the clinician’s interest in complex mechanisms of change presupposing microanalysis of dynamic interaction processes. This book bridges that gap via dynamic contributions from a variety of authors. Quantitative and qualitative studies are connected, epistemological and conceptual research is emphasized as specific domains, and in-depth clinical case studies are highlighted. The book comprises several new contributions to epistemology and conceptual research, as well as chapters discussing the challenge of combining qualitative and quantitative methods in studying process and outcome.Psychoanalytic Studies of Change will not only meet a need specifically within psychoanalysis for up-to-date research but also provide an overview of the latest empirical research on psychoanalysis for a broader clinical and academic group of readers. It will appeal to psychoanalysts in practice and in training.

Narcissism: Psychoanalytic Clinicians and Researchers in Dialogue presents current research and practice on working psychoanalytically with narcissism.The contributors discuss a broad spectrum of approaches for understanding narcissism, from cultural-theoretical and social perspectives to clinical psychoanalytic observations and conceptual clarifications of terms, and new interdisciplinary and extra-clinical psychoanalytic research. Part I deals with the social danger posed by the close, unconscious link between pathological narcissism and extreme destructiveness. Part II is devoted to insights gained from years of psychoanalysis and long-term psychoanalytic treatment of patients with narcissistic pathology. Part III discusses how psychoanalysis tries to meet contemporary cultural challenges, and this book concludes with three chapters devoted to the important issue of narcissism in adolescence and young adulthood.This book will be essential reading for psychoanalysts in practice and in training.