Essential Papers on Object Loss
Essential Papers on Object Loss by Rita V. Frankiel, published by NYU Press in March 1994, is a comprehensive collection that explores the psychological impact of object loss on both adults and children. This first edition spans 547 pages and is presented in English. The book compiles significant contributions from notable figures in psychoanalysis and psychology, focusing on the clinical implications of object loss while also addressing foundational descriptive and theoretical aspects.
Readers will find a curated selection of influential papers that enhance the understanding of object loss, making it a valuable resource for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and students in the field. Each contribution is accompanied by a brief summary, highlighting its relevance to clinical practice and theoretical development. The topics covered include family relationships, grief, and bereavement, as well as broader themes in psychology and psychotherapy. This collection serves as an essential reference for those seeking to deepen their knowledge of the psychological dimensions of loss.
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This choice collection contains some of the most significant contributions to psychoanalytic and psychological understandingof the effect of object loss on adults and children. Designed for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and students of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, this important volume focuses on those contributions most directly relevant to the clinical situation, without neglecting fundamental descriptive and theoretical contributions.
Rita V. Frankiel has culled the literature on object loss and assembled the most salient and conceptually powerful contributions to the field. Each paper is introduced with a brief summary of its contribution to the development of our understanding of object loss. This valuable resource thus provides the serious student of object loss with a ready source of the most important materials on the subject.
Contributors: Karl Abraham, Sol Altschul, John Bowlby, Helene Deutsch, J. Marvin Eisenstadt, George Engel, Joan Fleming, Sigmund Freud, Erna Furman, Robert Furman, Edith Jacobson, Melanie Klein, Paul Lerner, Erich Lindemann, Hans W. Loewald, Marie E. McAnn, George Pollock, Hanna Segal, Chistina Sekaer, Vamik D. Volkan, and Martha Wolfenstein.
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