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Book reviews The American Journal o[ Psychoanalysis, Vol. 53, No. 2, 1993 Edited by Robin Steier Goldberg, Ph.D. Freud's Technique Papers: A Contemporary Perspective, by Steven J. Ell- man, Ph.D. Jason Aronson, 1991, 381 p. This book is an extremely articulate, well-researched, and thoughtfully annotated attempt at placing Freud's papers on technique in a historical context. Thus, the author first deals with the antecedent roots of these pa- pers, and then with the current perspectives derived from these papers. The first sections of this book deal with Freud's recommendations con- cerning the transference, dream interpretation, parameters of technique, and the questions of reconstruction and termination. In each of these sec- tions, Ellman begins by explaining at what point in the evolution of Freud's theorizing that papers relevant to these issues occurred, and briefly sum- marizing the papers. The papers are then presented in their entirety, with annotations that are meant to further our understanding of Freud's writing. Each section ends with a comparison of Freud's papers with contemporary psychoanalysts' contrasting positions. Heinz Kohut and Merton Gill were chosen for the ways in which they have departed from analytic technique, while Charles Brenner represents a more classical (Freudian) position. Fi- nally, the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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1993 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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The American Journal o[ Psychoanalysis, Vol. 53, No. 2, 1993 Edited by Robin Steier Goldberg, Ph.D. Freud's Technique Papers: A Contemporary Perspective, by Steven J. Ell- man, Ph.D. Jason Aronson, 1991, 381 p. This book is an extremely articulate, well-researched, and thoughtfully annotated attempt at placing Freud's papers on technique in a historical context. Thus, the author first deals with the antecedent roots of these pa- pers, and then with the current perspectives derived from these papers. The first sections of this book deal with Freud's recommendations con- cerning the transference, dream interpretation, parameters of technique, and the questions of reconstruction and termination. In each of these sec- tions, Ellman begins by explaining at what point in the evolution of Freud's theorizing that papers relevant to these issues occurred, and briefly sum- marizing the papers. The papers are then presented in their entirety, with annotations that are meant to further our understanding of Freud's writing. Each section ends with a comparison of Freud's papers with contemporary psychoanalysts' contrasting positions. Heinz Kohut and Merton Gill were chosen for the ways in which they have departed from analytic technique, while Charles Brenner represents a more classical (Freudian) position. Fi- nally, the

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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals

Published: Jun 1, 1993

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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