Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1809475
C. Catrone
Abstract This paper explores the age-old problem of the mind-body relationship by examining the phenomena of psychosomatic symptoms. It traces the development of several clinical concepts that are relevant to our understanding and treatment of patients with psychosomatic symptoms. These concepts include embodiment, alexithymia, affect development and disorders of the self. Brain-based research findings reinforce the contemporary relational turn of psychoanalytic psychology, shifting one’s lens to the intersubjective interaction within the consulting room. A confluence of findings from research and theory thus emerge, suggesting that affect development is an intersubjective experience subject to reconceptualization and change based on one’s relational experiences, including the clinical relationship. A case study illustrates how contemporary psychoanalytic thinking and research findings can be integrated and applied to our clinical practice.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1865172
F. Barth
Abstract Research supports anecdotal evidence that eating disorders often initially develop in conjunction with adolescent transitions, but evidence is growing that other transitions, including menopause, can also trigger these disorders. Over the course of more than three decades of working with and supervising therapists working with individuals with a wide range of eating-related symptoms, including anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, binge eating, avoidant/restrictive eating, and other variations, I have often seen that even small changes can also trigger the behaviors. For example, a number of clients report that they binge on Sunday nights as they start thinking about going back to work the next day. Visits to family (not necessarily a small transition, of course) are also frequent triggers.This article will address some of the possible interplay between unmanageable and/or unformulated affects, on the one hand, and shifts in an individual’s sense of self, on the other, which can occur in the course of a transition. Clinical material from my long-term, two-part work with a client who developed symptoms in adolescence and had a recurrence during COVID will illustrate some of these complex interactions and some of the ways that an integrative, psychodynamically-oriented framework can be used to work with these issues.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-21DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1797513
H. Yerushalmi
Abstract Scholars believe that accumulating experiences of self-alienation and falsehood urge us to reshape our selves, sometimes through experimenting with different ways of being and acting, often leading us to developmental leaps. In this paper, I examine analytic therapists’ struggles to reshape their professional selves and suggest three ways in which supervision can facilitate this process: a. Fostering the supervisees’ internal dialogue between different therapeutic voices including those of their supervisors. b. Constructing and consolidating the supervisees’ “future selves;” how they envision themselves as therapists in the future. c. Constructing and facilitating supervisees’ experimentation with different versions of the self on the prelinguistic and linguistic levels. Furthermore, I discuss the challenges in assimilating the supervisees’ professional developmental leaps, which often result from such processes.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1816182
B. Rasmussen, F. Mishna
Abstract Gerry Schamess was an outstanding figure in the field of clinical social work over the past 50 years. His contribution to the field is recognized in this introduction and in the articles that follow.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1819829
K. Basham
Abstract This paper pays tribute to Gerald (Gerry) Schamess as a distinguished practitioner-scholar who dedicated four decades of his professional career as a deeply admired teacher, mentor, and consultant to many students and colleagues, both at the Smith College School for Social Work (SCSSW)as well as the larger clinical social work community. Gerry also provided outstanding clinical social work services early on in his career at the Jewish Board of Guardians in the Bronx, New York City and for several decades in the Northampton, Massachusetts area. In the spirit of Gerry's appreciation for the intrigue and power of groups, I have compiled a collective assemblage of eventful recollections of relating with Gerry shared by several PhD and MSW alumni, as well as the Director of Alumni Affairs and Development.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1816181
S. Aronson
Abstract Gerald Schamess’ writings have provided clinicians with a clear blueprint for structuring groups according to the developmental needs of each group. In this article, I highlight some of his ideas on children’s groups, and apply them to a process group experience for graduate students. Topics such as roles, phase specific defenses, and how and when to intervene are described with clinical examples as illustration.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1819830
J. Kanter
Abstract Selma Fraiberg, a social worker and psychoanalyst, is best known for her classic volume, The Magic Years, and her pioneering work in infant mental health. In this article, her multi-faceted professional career will be explored. Beginning with her thoughts about social work and psychoanalysis as an undergraduate, I discuss her professional education and the influence of three refugee analysts from Vienna before outlining her diverse contributions to group work with children and adolescents, agency-based psychotherapy with children, and clinical research on the development of blind children. Finally, I discuss the evolution of her theoretical perspectives and the impact of her legacy nearly 40 years after her death.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1818108
J. Drisko
Abstract This paper examines the limited literature on narcissistic personality disorder in children, addressing the relevance of the concept of ‘personality’ or enduring and consistent traits during childhood. Children are formally viewed by most diagnostic criteria as lacking consolidated personalities. Still, some children present with consistent patterns of behavior like those defining the adult disorder. Psychodynamic and other theories that help us understand narcissistic disorders in childhood and their treatment are then examined. These theories are heavily developmental and descriptive in focus, with much less attention to treatment. A case example of a challenging, often silent child who denied most difficulties is offered to illustrate treatment challenges. Recommendations for clinicians treating children who have narcissistic disorders conclude the article.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2019.1702564
L. A. Chernus
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1779094
A. Segall
Vamik’s Room: a new vision of global diplomacy (movie)Written, directed and produced by Molly Castelloe, 2019.With M. Gerard Fromm, Vamik Volkan.The great force of history comes from the fact that ...
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