Betweenity

<p>From its inception psychoanalysis has sought to effect a cure through the therapeutic relationship between analyst and analysand. <em>Betweenity </em>looks at what happens when the established framework of the psychoanalytic process is challenged by those with borderline personalities. </p><p>In this book Judy Gammelgaard looks at how we might understand the analysand who is unable to engage with therapy and how we might bring them to a point where they are able to do so. </p><p>Areas of discussion include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the border between psychiatry and psychoanalysis</li> <li>early mother-child relationships</li> <li>the splitting of the ego.</li> </ul><p>This book will be essential reading for all psychoanalysts psychotherapists and practitioners wishing to learn more about working with borderline personality structures and disorders. </p>