Research Catalog

Title

Into the darkest places : early relational trauma and borderline states of mind / Marcus West.

Author

West, Marcus

Publication

London : Karnac Books ; 2016.

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Description

xxv, 334 pages; 23 cm

Summary

This book explores the roots of borderline states of mind in early relational trauma and shows how it is possible, and necessary, to visit 'the darkest places' in order to work through these traumas. This is despite the fact that re-experiencing such traumas is unbearable for the patient and they naturally want to enlist the analyst in ensuring that they will never be experienced again. This is the backdrop for the extreme pressures and roles that are constellated in the analysis that can lead to impasse or breakdown of the analytic relationship. The author explores how these areas can be negotiated safely and that, whilst drawing heavily on recent developments in attachment, relational, trauma and infant development theory, an analytic attitude needs to be maintained in order to integrate these experiences and allow the individual to feel, finally, accepted and whole. The book builds on Freud's views of repetition compulsion and re-enactment and develops Jung's concept of the traumatic complex. It offers, in simple language, a contemporary integration of traditional and new theoretical paradigms and an innovative approach to this oldest and most intractable of psychoanalytic issues.

Alternative Title

Early relational trauma and borderline states of mind

Subject

• Psychoanalytic Interpretation
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Psychic trauma

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781782201229 (pbk.)
• 178220122X (pbk.)

OCLC

950885661

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library