Table in Tuscany by Leslie Forbes
What Do Patients Want? provides readers with an insight into patients' psychoanalytic experiences from the couch. Outcome studies have usually privileged the practitioner or researcher's voice, while underutilizing the rich published accounts of patient's own stories. Thus very little is understood or valued as to what actually takes place between patient and analyst, from the patient's perspective. This book sets out to tell the stories of 18 ex-patients who, in interviews, reflected upon their experiences and described the factors which they believed were helpful, or not, in their analytic treatment. Free associating to an open question about how they understood and gave meaning to their personal journeys, these patients provided very vivid accounts of their analyses, demonstrated with clinical material. Their stories generally indicate a sophisticated understanding of the analytic process. Significant findings are discussed in each chapter, and then key conceptual issues are brought together at the end. The book is written in a journey format with each chapter related to a specific theme. The patients describe how the whole process began, and then bring up issues linked with working through the transference/ counter-transference relationship in its multi faceted aspects, and finally reflect upon the termination period and its aftermath. This is one of few published books which presents psychoanalysis from the patients' experiences.
Forbes, Leslie: -
Leslie Forbes has worked in London as a writer, artist, and broadcaster for over twenty years. She is the author of award-winning travel books, including the worldwide bestseller A Table in Tuscany (Italy's Barbi-Colombini prize winner for the best book on the food and culture of Italy), and the presenter of many celebrated BBC radio series, several based in Italy. Her first novel, the international bestseller Bombay Ice, was published in 1998 to huge acclaim, as was her second, Fish, Blood & Bone, which was nominated for the Orange Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780877018322 |
| ISBN 10 | 0877018324 |
| Title | Table in Tuscany |
| Author | Leslie Forbes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Chronicle Books |
| Year published | 1991-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 159 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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