Alex Monk

Trauma and the Supernatural in Psychotherapy

Working with the Curse Position in Clinical Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how traumatic experience interacts with unconscious phantasy based in folklore, the supernatural and the occult. It also considers the historically conflicted relationship between psychoanalysis and the supernatural and proposes treatment perspectives which are not implicitly dependent upon a materialist paradigm.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780367766726
• ISBN-10: 0367766728
• Artikelnr.: 67514863

Autorenporträt

Alex Monk is an integrative arts psychotherapist and musician based in London, UK. He has a private practice in East London. He has a particular interest in psychoanalysis; the arts; and the weird, uncanny, and magical.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Magic and the Supernatural: The Historical Context for the Curse Position
2 Mythopoetic Hysteria: The Fin de Siècle
3 The Curse Position (1): Unconscious Phantasy
4 The Curse Position (2): The Uncanny
5 The Ancestral Curse
6 Imposters of Love: Introjection and Identification
7 Redemption & Conditionality: Fairbairn and Relational Trauma
8 The Devil¿s Culpa: Shame, Guilt, & Evil
9 The Evil Eye & Limited Good
10 An Alien Seed: Fear and Desire in Psychotherapy

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Introduction

1 Magic and the Supernatural: The Historical Context for the Curse Position

2 Mythopoetic Hysteria: The Fin de Siècle

3 The Curse Position (1): Unconscious Phantasy

4 The Curse Position (2): The Uncanny

5 The Ancestral Curse

6 Imposters of Love: Introjection and Identification

7 Redemption & Conditionality: Fairbairn and Relational Trauma

8 The Devil's Culpa: Shame, Guilt, & Evil

9 The Evil Eye & Limited Good

10 An Alien Seed: Fear and Desire in Psychotherapy

Rezensionen

"Alex Monk has written a monograph of great urgency and importance, both for the subtlety of its argumentation and its sensitivity to neglected aspects of psychic life. Modernity can no longer pretend that magical consciousness is an artifact of the past, and Monk's work triumphs in recommending the integration, rather than the denial, of the weirdness that will not go away." -J. F. Martel, author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice and co-host of the Weird Studies Podcast

"The curse is a powerful image evoking the inexorable workings of an unseen force that works against us, thwarts our efforts, and condemns us to suffering and struggle. It's a fascinating lens through which to explore clinical work with those individuals who seem perpetually dogged by the dark forces in their own unconscious. This volume artfully ties the age-old, archetypal language of the curse to psychoanalytic thought, providing a unique perspective that brings additional insights to familiar clinical issues." -Lisa Marchiano, Jungian analyst and author of Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself

"Alex Monk's comparative approach is a much welcome development in psychoanalysis. His psychoanalytic perspective on the 'evil eye' phenomenon illustrates the importance of locating clinical work within cross-cultural contexts that also attend to multiple social factors such as economics and class. Monk's clinical presentations are especially compelling as he reflects upon the impact his patients have on him." -Marsha Aileen Hewitt, University of Toronto, author of Freud on Religion and Legacies of the Occult: Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Unconscious Communication