Overview
SĆ”ndor Ferencziās mutual analysis with Elizabeth Severnāthe patient known as R.N. in the Clinical Diaryāis one of the most controversial and consequential episodes in the history of psychoanalysis. In his latest groundbreaking work, Peter L. Rudnytsky draws on a trove of archival sources to provide a definitive scholarly account of this experiment, which constitutes a paradigm for relational psychoanalysis, as Freudās self-analysis does for classical psychoanalysis.
In Part 1, Rudnytsky tells the story of Severnās life and traces the unfolding of her ideas, culminating in The Discovery of the Self. He shows how her book contains disguised case histories not only of Ferenczi and Severn herselfāand thereby forms an indispensable companion volume to Ferencziās Clinical Diaryābut also of Severnās daughter Margaret, an internationally acclaimed dancer whose history of childhood sexual abuse uncannily replicated Severnās own. Part 2 compares Severn to Clara Thompson and Izette de Forest as transmitters of Ferencziās legacy, sets the record straight about Ferencziās final illness, and reveals how Severn went beyond Freud and Groddeck in her capacity as Ferencziās analyst. Finally, in Part 3, Rudnytsky delineates the contrast between Freud and Ferenczi as men and thinkers and makes it clear why he agrees with Erich Fromm that Ferencziās example demonstrates how Freudās attitude need not be that of all analysts.
The first comprehensive study of Ferencziās mutual analysis with Severn, this book is a profound reexamination of Ferencziās relationship to Freud and an impassioned defense of Severn and Ferencziās views on the nature and treatment of trauma. It will appeal to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, especially to relational analysts, self psychologists, and trauma theorists.
This book title, Mutual Analysis (Ferenczi, Severn, and the Origins of Trauma Theory), ISBN: 9781032133829, by Peter L. Rudnytsky, published by Taylor & Francis (November 30, 2021) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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