On Freud's Observations On Transference-Love The International Psychoanalytical Association Contemporary Freud Turning Points and Critical Issues Series

This is the third volume in the series Contemporary Freud: Turning Points and Critical Issues, published for the International Psychoanalytical Association. Each volume presents a classic essay by Freud with commentaries by prominent psychoanalytic teachers and analysts from different theoretical backgrounds and geographical locations."Observations on Transference-Love" may have been inspired, say the contributors, by the unfortunate emotional involvements of two of Freud's colleagues with female patients. In his paper, Freud speaks of the inevitability of "transference-love" in every well-conducted analysis, its important therapeutic functions, and its potential hazards. Transference love is discussed in the larger context of transference in general. The essays illuminate a persistent problem in all modalities of psychotherapy: unfortunate, often tragic, enactments of erotic transference and countertransference. This volume also includes the original essay by Freud.

Preface , Introduction , Observations on Transference-Love (1915) , Observations on Transference-Love , Discussion of “Observations on Transference-Love” , A Rereading of Freud’s “Observations on Transference-Love” , On Transference Love: Revisiting Freud , Five Readings of Freud’s “Observations on Transference-Love” , Footnote to a Footnote to “Observations on Transference-Love” , On Transference Love: Some Current Observations , One-Person and Two-Person Perspectives: Freud’s “Observations on Transference-Love” , The Oedipal Tragedy in the Psychoanalytic Process: Transference Love , A Cry of Fire: Some Considerations on Transference Love , Amae and Transference Love , Acting versus Remembering in Transference Love and Infantile Love

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