From: Norm Rosenblood [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Subject: Re: FW: Therapists who need therapy?

Re "died in the wool Freudians".

What can one say?

Norm Rosenblood


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Subject: FW: FW: Therapists who need therapy?


> From: Norm Rosenblood [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Subject: Re: FW: Therapists who need therapy?
>
> Re Therapists and Therapy
> ---------------------------
>
> Freud urged psychoanalysts to return to the couch every five years. Some
> analysts would be grateful if it were mandatory.
> Some patients as well.
>
> Candidates in psychoanalytic training are usually still in their own
> analysis with a training analyst while they are analysing their training
> cases. Quite often the candidate's countertransference is related to
his/her
> own unconscious conflicts. In the Toronto Institute candidates are
required
> to be in analysis while analysing  control cases. A good thing too!
>
> You might also want to examine the concept of  countertransference,
> especially when it goes awry. Dr. Glen Gabbard has published  valuable
> material in this area.
>
>
> Norm Rosenblood
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Murray Schwartz" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:56 PM
> Subject: FW: FW: Therapists who need therapy?
>
>
> > From: Richard Read [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Subject: Re: FW: Therapists who need therapy?
> >
> > Not quite what you're looking for but Melanie Klein's writings of the
> > mid-'thirties are said to be informed by the perspective of her own
> > depressive illness for which, according to Grosskurth's biography,
> > she received analysis from a colleague while analyzing others.
> >
> > Richard Read
> >
> > >From: Melanie Peterson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > >Subject: Therapists who need therapy?
> > >
> > >Dear Psyarters,
> > >
> > >I am working on a doctoral dissertation in which I'm
> > >exploring contemporary published narratives of mental
> > >illness.  One narrative "genre" that I would like to
> > >explore further is the psychiatrist's/therapist's
> > >narrative account of himself/herself as mentally ill
> > >patient while s/he is also serving as a mental health
> > >professional.
> > >
> > >At this point, I am having trouble finding a variety
> > >of these kinds of narratives and this seems to be a
> > >contemporary narrative trend that has been relatively
> > >unexplored.  I have found three texts that fit the
> > >bill so far: _An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and
> > >Madness_ by Kay Redfield Jamison; _Undercurrents: A
> > >Therapist's Reckoning with Her Own Depression_ by
> > >Martha Manning; and (in conjunction with her later
> > >texts) Lauren Slater's _Welcome to My Country_.
> > >
> > >If you are aware of any other texts that might be
> > >relevant to this area of my study (even tangentially)
> > >I would greatly appreciate the info.  Any leads on
> > >useful secondary scholarship would be much appreciated
> > >as well.
> > >
> > >Many thanks,
> > >Melanie E. Peterson
> > >Texas Christian University
> > >Department of English
> > >[log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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