Creating a Psychoanalytic Mind: A psychoanalytic method and theory

by Fred Busch

Bringing a fresh contemporary Freudian view to a number of current issues in psychoanalysis, this book is about a psychoanalytic method that has been evolved by Fred Busch over the past 40 years called Creating a Psychoanalytic Mind. It is based on the essential curative process basic to most psychoanalytic theories - the need for a shift in the patient's relationship with their own mind. Busch shows that with the development of a psychoanalytic mind the patient can acquire the capacity to shift the inevitability of action to the possibility of reflection.


Creating a Psychoanalytic Mind is derived from an increasing clarification of how the mind works that has led to certain paradigm changes in the psychoanalytic method. While the methods of understanding the human condition have evolved since Freud, the means of bringing this understanding to patients in a way that is meaningful have not always followed. Throughout, Fred Busch illustrates that while the analyst's expertise is crucial to the process, the analyst's stance, rather than mainly being an expert in the content of the patient's mind, is primarily one of helping the patient to find his own mind.


Creating a Psychoanalytic Mind will appeal to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists interested in learning a theory and technique where psychoanalytic meaning and meaningfulness are integrated. It will enable professionals to work differently and more successfully with their patients.

Genres: Psychoanalysis, Psychology

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Nima · Rating 3 out of 5]

از اون کتاب های سخت خوان بود که خوندنش واقعا تمرکز بالایی میخواست. فکر میکنم یه مقداری از این سخت خوانی هم به خاطر ترجمه‌ی کتاب بود که به جای اینکه از واژه‌های مرسوم روانکاوی توی ایران استفاده کنه کلمات رو به شکل ادبی ترجمه کرده بود که برام آزاردهنده بود.
کتاب چند تا نکته‌ی خیلی جالب داشت که باعث شده بود خوندنش ارزش داشته باشه.
نمیدونم چرا ولی نمیتونستم با نمونه‌های بالینی‌ای که کتاب مثال میزد ارتباط بگیرم. شاید به خاطر تفاوت فرهنگیمون بود یا شاید کلا متوجه داستان نمیشدم یا شایدم به خاطر ترجمه.
خوندنش رو فقط به کسایی که اطلاعات خوبی تو روانکاوی دارن و علاقه مند به کار درمانی هستن پیشنهاد میکنم.

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this book up on a whim because I found it on sale at a used book store and I am so grateful I did. It quickly became one of my favourite books on modern psychoanalytic theory and technique. This book finally helped me to understand and appreciate the ego psychological approach, and as someone who dabbles in many different types of therapy, I really appreciated that there are principles in here that I could use in multiple treatment settings and circumstances. It is directive without being prescriptive. It is practical without being concrete. It is reflective without being too abstract. I am a now a big Fred Busch fan and look forward to revisiting this book over the hopefully (long) years of my career as a therapist and educator.

For those who want a taste of the content, my gestalt take-away is that we need to respect defenses and the underlying anxiety laden content they protect. If we have this respect it means we will stay with our patients, in the here-and-now of the room, and help them see the connections between their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Based on the current reflective capacity of the patient, we can either be more or less present in this process and reflect things that are either more or less explicit, always using the patients response as a guide. These principles allow for a disciplined and observable approach that keep us, and our patients, accountable to our therapeutic process.

In my mind, there are rich connections between the methods and principles as outlined by Dr. Busch and those I have encountered in mentalization based treatments, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, meta-cognitive therapy, humanistic therapies. Generally, when I see this degree of overlap it is convincing to me that the theoretician has landed on something that is universal.

Regardless of your persuasion, if you are interested in therapy, I encourage you to pick up this short book and see what Fred Busch stirs up for you.

[Lucas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Psicanalista americano contemporâneo, o autor discute como além de trabalhar de forma a trazer conteúdos latentes à consciência podemos também estimular o paciente a conseguir operar e automatizar esse procedimento psicanalítico. Assim, o método que ele propõe é não apenas conteudista, mas também formal, uma vez que visa incentivar a introjeção da mente psicanalista.

[Nafise · Rating 5 out of 5]

بسیار بسیار کتاب زیبا، روان و آموزنده‌ای بود. به نظرم همه‌ی درمانگران باید این کتاب را بخوانند.