Posted on Apr 22, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Can we ever say that a therapeutic relationship is a complete success? Or a complete failure? Or are these relationships, like the humans involved, too complicated to reduce to this simple binary?  As  Lou Agosta suggests, “If a practice or method such as psychoanalysis cannot fail, then can it really succeed?” Some self psychologists believe...

Posted on Apr 11, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

In presenting for discussion the case of an emotionally volatile and suicidal patient, I am interested in exploring the complex process of defining and pursuing one’s dreams/desires within an intersubjective self psychological therapeutic treatment.  In particular, I want to explore sexual development and the desire to love another; and work ambitions and...