*New release from The New Library of Psychoanalysis!* Mapping the Landscape: Explorations in Psychoanalysis by Priscilla Roth Edited by Ignês Sodré and Tomasz Fortuna with a preface by John Steiner To order the book, click here: https://ow.ly/9vOR50XbWna An excerpt from Chapter 1 about enactments: “When this happens, as it does in every analysis, the most important interpretation the analyst will make is to himself; in the Giovacchini example, he might ask himself, ‘Why do I find myself repeatedly pushing the patient into a corner? Why am I pressing my questions on her?’ Having dealt with that in his own mind, he is then much freer to consider how to address his patient. He might, for example, in some situations, say something like, ‘We seem to have arrived at a situation in which I am repeatedly pursuing you, or pushing you into a corner in a way that frightens you, like in your dream’. For the purposes of this paper, I don't want to go into how such an impasse comes about, or whose fault it is. It is essential for every analyst to think about who is pulling whom into the action, but what I want to focus on here is the different levels that are operating simultaneously—because as analysts we have to choose the most useful place to intervene.” (fb)

*New release from The New Library of Psychoanalysis! * Mapping the Landscape: Explorations in Psychoanalysis by Priscilla Roth Edited by Ignês Sodré and Tomasz Fortuna with a preface by John Steiner To order the book, click here: https://ow.ly/ryyz50XbV7r Mapping the Landscape: Explorations in Psychoanalysis offers an overview and exploration of Priscilla Roth’s unique contribution to psychoanalysis over the course of her long and distinguished career. This book takes the reader on a journey through psychoanalytic clinical practice and the significance of themes such as identity, identification, idealization and reparation. This collection shows a variety of Roth’s interests but also the continuity of her approach – the unconscious thread, which links thoughts and memories together. Through close examination of the moment-to-moment psychoanalytic work, she emphasizes how unconscious processes influence both patient and analyst without either of them becoming aware of it. In this sense, each analysis is unique. The second part of the book allows for reflection on lessons drawn from her work, and how psychoanalysis poses the question of what it means to be oneself for the analyst and the patient. Reflecting her strong compassion for patients and depth of understanding of the nature of psychoanalysis, this is key reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and anyone interested in the experiences underpinning humanity in each of us. (fb)