Danger of Change

<p>Confusing clinical standoffs loyalty to self-destruction and abrupt terminations are challenging and under-examined problems for the modern psychoanalytic practitioner. <em>The Danger of Change</em> is a timely book that addresses the so-called resistant patient so many clinicians are familiar with. </p><p>Robert Waska blends theory based on Melanie Klein’s classical stance with the more contemporary Freudian/Kleinian school to demonstrate how to understand patients that are resistant to progress. Divided into four sections this book covers:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>reluctant patients and the fight against change: caught between the paranoid and depressive world</li> <p> </p> <li>greed and the dangers of change</li> <p> </p> <li>interruptions to the process of change: loss envy and the death instinct</li> <p> </p> <li>working toward change in the face of overwhelming odds</li> </ul><p>Extensive and detailed clinical material is used to bring clarity to subjects including symbolism conflict resolution projective identification the depressive and paranoid positions change and trust. </p><p><em>The Danger of Change</em> brings hope and clarity to cases involving patients who experience progress as a threat to their emotional wellbeing. It will be of great interest to all practising psychoanalysts as well as those studying psychoanalytic theory and practice.</p>