Psychoanalysis as Therapy and Storytelling

<p>Is psychoanalysis a type of literature? Can telling 'stories' help us to get at the truth?</p><p><em>Psychoanalysis as Therapy and Storytelling</em> examines psychoanalysis from two perspectives - as a cure for psychic suffering and as a series of stories told between patient and analyst.</p><p>Antonino Ferro uses numerous clinical examples to investigate how narration and interpretation are interconnected in the analytic session. He draws on and develops Bion's theories to present a novel perspective on subjects such as:</p><ul> <li>psychoanalysis as a particular form of literature</li> <li>sexuality as a narrative genre or dialect in the analyst's consulting room</li> <li>delusion and hallucination</li> <li>acting out the countertransference and the transgenerational field</li> <li>play: characters narrations and interpretations.</li> </ul><p>Psychoanalytic clinicians and theoreticians alike will find the innovative approach to the analytic session described here of great interest.</p><p>Winner of the 2007 Sigourney Award.</p>