Book Announcement from Amy Schwartz Cooney (USA) and Rachel Sopher (USA)
Vitalization refers to the process between two people that ignites new experiences and brings withdrawn aspects of the self to life. This Routledge volume co-edited by Amy Schwartz Cooney and Rachel Sopher focuses on how psychoanalysis can be a uniquely creative encounter that aids this enlivening internal process, offering a vibrant and novel take on the psychotherapeutic project.
There is a long tradition in psychoanalysis that addresses the ways that the unique subjectivities of each member of the therapeutic dyad contributes to the repetition of entrenched patterns of relating, and how the processing of enactments can be reparative. But this overlap in subjectivities can also bring to life undeveloped experiences. This focus on generativity and progressive action represents an important, cutting-edge turn in psychoanalysis.
Vitalization in Psychoanalysis meditates upon this transformational moment in the history of psychoanalytic thought, covering development, theory and clinical practice. The volume pulls together contributions from major writers on vitalization from all the main psychoanalytic schools of thought, including Margaret Black, Christopher Bonovitz, Jody Messler Davies, Lisa Director, Dianne Elise, Daniel Hill, Joseph Newirth, Boaz Shalgi, Steven Stern and the co-editors themselves.
Amy Schwartz Cooney, Ph.D. is on faculty at the New York University (NYU) Post-Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. She is on the Board of Directors and is faculty/supervisor at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) and at the Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies. She is Joint Editor in Chief of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and is in private practice in New York City.
Rachel Sopher, LCSW is Board Director, Faculty and Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) Training Institute; Faculty and Supervisor, National Training Program for NIP; and Faculty, Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Psychoanalytic Perspectives and maintains a private practice in New York City.
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