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"This important book features collected essays on the distinguished psychoanalyst Dr Michael Eigen, who is an influential innovator within and beyond psychoanalysis. Drawing on the ideas of Bion, Winnicott, Kabbalah, and artists, Eigen’s work is noted for fusing spirituality with psychoanalysis and his extraordinary creativity. The book begins with Dr Eigen’s new essay ""Rebirth: It’s been around a long time."" The other essays feature a rich array of subjects and reflections, with many clinical examples and applications to domains beyond psychotherapy and include such titles as ""Healing longing in the midst of damage: Eigen's psychoanalytic vision"" and ""Breakdown and recovery: Going Berserk and other rhythmic concerns."" Dr Eigen is one of the most influential psychoanalysts of the current era and this collection of essays provides insightful discussion on his ideas. This celebration of Michael Eigen will fascinate any psychoanalyst interested in his work."

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Author:   Ken Fuchsman ,  Keri S. Cohen
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.689kg
ISBN:  

9780367484286

ISBN 10:   0367484285
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   09 March 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"PART I: BREATHING INTO LIFE CHAPTER ONE Rebirth: It’s Been Around A Long Time Michael Eigen PART II: EIGEN IN TIME CHAPTER TWO Michael Eigen: A Personal Retrospective Robin Bagai CHAPTER THREE On the Importance of Time as a Background Object Keri Cohen CHAPTER FOUR Healing Longing in the Midst of Damage: Eigen Psychoanalytic Vision Loray Daws PART III: TASTING THE PSYCHE THROUGH EIGEN’S WRITINGS CHAPTER FIVE Breakdown and Recovery: Going Berserk and other rhythmic concerns Louis Rothschild CHAPTER SIX Reading the Works of Mike Eigen in India: Artist of the Invisible Shalini Masih CHAPTER SEVEN Chasing the Uncatchable: Mystery and Metaphor in the work of Michael Eigen Sean Harrell CHAPTER EIGHT Michael Eigen and the Evolution of Psyche Robin Bagai CHAPTER NINE On Not Knowing Michael Eigen Alitta Kullman CHAPTER TEN Canvassing Illusion and Faith in Fragmentation – An Indian Perspective Ashis Roy CHAPTER ELEVEN More than a Word: Reverberations between Eigen’s Notions of Deadness/Aliveness and Bion’s Grid Adam Schechter CHAPTER TWELVE Psychoanalysis a Prayer: The Construction and breakdown of Faith in Dissociative States Neetu Sarin PART IV: Spirituality and Becoming CHAPTER THIRTEEN Difficulties of Faith Rachel Berghash and Katherine Jillson CHAPTER FOURTEEN Unity of Opposites"": Hope in Psychodrama Group Psychotherapy Based on the Jewish Hassidic Spiritual Approach and Michael Eigen's Psychospiritual Relational Approach Ziva Gidron CHAPTER FIFTEEN The influence of the Kabbalah’s conception of Eros on the psychoanalytic Eros, according to Michael Eigen Ruth Golan CHAPTER SIXTEEN ""My Kingdom for a Widdler"" Michael Eigen: A Beta-Watcher’s Midwife Stefanie Teitlebaum PART V: Expanding the Psychoanalytic Frame CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Elemental Contact: From Madness to Mysticism in Celebrating the works of Michael Eigen Burt Seitler CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Missed Opportunities in the History of Psychoanalysis Howard Covitz CHAPTER NINETEEN Elemental Contact: From Madness to Mysticism Celebrating the Work of Michael Eigen Willow Pearson CHAPTER TWENTY Permission and Gratitude: Michael Eigen’s Gateway to Possibility and Freedom Merle Molofsky"

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Ken Fuchsman (EdD) was President of the International Psychohistorical Association from 2016 to 2020. He is Emeritus faculty from the University of Connecticut, where he taught American history, interdisciplinary studies, the nature of being human, and the family in interdisciplinary perspective, and was Executive Programme Director of the Bachelor of General Studies Programme. Along with Michael Maccoby, Dr Fuchsman co-edited Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump, published by Routledge. Keri S. Cohen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Board-Certified Diplomate in clinical social work. She is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in Lancaster, PA. Her work is with adults, adolescents and children. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice and holds a certificate from the William Alanson White Institute’s Online Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Programme. She is a published writer, has presented papers at national and international conferences, and is a co-moderator of the international online Studying Eigen group. She teaches and has attended Michael Eigen’s Bion seminars for nearly 15 years.

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