Wearing My Tutu to Analysis and Other Stories: Learning Psychodynamic Concepts from Life

by Catherine Anderson (Author), KerryMalawista (Author), Anne Adelman (Author)

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2011
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There couldn't be a more appropriate method for illustrating the dynamics of psychoanalysis than the vehicle of story. In this book, Kerry L. Malawista, Anne J. Adelman, and Catherine L. Anderson share amusing, poignant, and sometimes difficult stories from their personal and professional lives, inviting readers to explore the complex underpinnings of the psychoanalytic profession and its esoteric theories. Through their narratives, these practicing analysts show how to incorporate psychodynamic concepts and identify common truths at the root of shared experience. Their approach demystifies dense material and the emotional consequences of deep clinical work. The book covers psychodynamic theory, the development of ideas, various techniques, the challenges of treatment, and the experiences of trauma and loss. Each section begins with a brief memoir by one of the authors and leads into a discussion of related concepts. Overall the text follows a developmental trajectory, opening with stories from early childhood and concluding with present encounters. The result is a unique approach enabling the absorption of psychodynamic concepts as they unfold across the life span.

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There couldn't be a more appropriate method for illustrating the dynamics of psychoanalysis than the vehicle of story. In this book, Kerry L. Malawista, Anne J. Adelman, and Catherine L. Anderson share amusing, poignant, and sometimes difficult stories from their personal and professional lives, inviting readers to explore the complex underpinnings of the psychoanalytic profession and its esoteric theories. Through their narratives, these practicing analysts show how to incorporate psychodynamic concepts and identify common truths at the root of shared experience. Their approach demystifies dense material and the emotional consequences of deep clinical work. The book covers psychodynamic theory, the development of ideas, various techniques, the challenges of treatment, and the experiences of trauma and loss. Each section begins with a brief memoir by one of the authors and leads into a discussion of related concepts. Overall the text follows a developmental trajectory, opening with stories from early childhood and concluding with present encounters. The result is a unique approach enabling the absorption of psychodynamic concepts as they unfold across the life span.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 12 Aug 2011
ISBN 10: 0231151659
ISBN 13: 9780231151658
Book Overview: Sensitive, accessible, poetic, reflective, erudite, wise and deeply moving, Wearing My Tutu to Analysis, is a must for all who take the journey of self-knowledge. Teachers, students, patients, and anyone curious about what makes people tick will grow enormously from this ingenious book. These three women authors/analysts created a format and style that sets a template for excellence in explaining the profound complexity of the mind. I will be using it for the rest of my life. Wearing My Tutu etc is a book for everyone curious about what makes us tick. It is a 'must' for people in the field of mental health - from beginning students to seasoned teachers and practitioners. The three authors have managed to share their wisdom in highly readable and intellectually stimuating reflections on phenomena throughout the developmental stages of life. It is a real priviledge to recommend this masterpiece!Using stories - ranging from the poignant, and humorous, to the fascinating and the tragic, followed by the reflections of three sophisticated psychoanalysts Wearing My Tutu.. is a highly readable and profoundly illuminating treatise on the human mind. I will be enjoying and studying it for the rest of my life. It is magnificent!If I had one book to recommend to the mental health practitioner it would be Wearing My Tutu etc. Elegant, sophisticated, entertaining and educative, it deserves the highest acclaim. Easily a best seller, it has the power to move the cynic, to satisfy the insatiable, to inspire the jaded, and to explain many of the mysteries of life.Anyone from the seasoned psychotherapist to the layman will be enriched by reading Wearing My Tutu to Analysis. It is entertaining and erudite, funny and tragic, accessible and sophisticated, and it de-mystifies what goes on in psychodynamically based psychotherapist's mind. What a gift! -- Jane Hall, New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, author of Roadblocks on the Journey of Psychotherapy This book is original and exceptional. The stories cover a vast range of ideas in psychodynamic thinking. This text is expansive and covers a vast range of theoretical territory. The writing is excellent and delightful with stories full of surprise and intrigue. The theoretical explanations complete the package. -- Dr. Brian Rasmussen, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of British Columbia

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Sensitive, accessible, wise, and deeply moving, this book is original and exceptional. The text is expansive and covers a vast range of theoretical territory. The writing is excellent and delightful, featuring stories full of surprise and intrigue. The theoretical explanations complete the package. A must for all who take the journey of self-knowledge and for anyone curious about what makes people tick.Kerry L Malawista, Anne J Adelman, and Catherine L Anderson Wearing My Tutu to Analysis and Other Stories: Learning Psychodynamic Concepts from Life -- Jane Hall, New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, author of Roadblocks on the Journey of Psychotherapy The story and analysis are really quite wonderful. I loved reading both-and especially enjoyed the way the story unfolds through analysis, which is quite sophisticated and, on a personal level, touching and nicely written. -- Brian Rasmussen, University of British Columbia Okanagan This is going to be a book that people will love-both students of analysis and the general public. The vignettes are charming and the explanations, which deal with complex concepts, are masterfully simple and clear. The writing is entertaining and a pleasure-a fun read and rare, I'm sure, for books on analysis. -- Sara Mansfield Taber, author of Bread of Three Rivers: The Story of a French Loaf The examples here-each of them-are little gems, beautifully weaving together theory with life and with much that is illustrated through this. -- Patrick J. Casement, author of Learning from Life: Becoming a Psychoanalyst and Learning from Our Mistakes: Beyond Dogma in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Wearing My Tutu to Analysis and Other Stories is both a delightful title and a very useful and well-written book. -- Barbara Almond Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association well-written, informative, and chock-full of wisdom at the same time that it is absolutely delightful and charming. -- Martin A. Silverman Psychoanalytic Quarterly A lively pick for any psychology collection at either the general or college level. Midwest Book Review

Author Bio

Kerry L. Malawista is a training/supervising analyst with the Contemporary Freudian Society. She is co-chair of the New Directions Writing Program and is in private practice in Potomac, Maryland, and McLean, Virginia. Anne J. Adelman is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst with the Co ntemporary Freudian Society. She is a faculty member of the New Directions Writing Program and maintains a private practice in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Catherine L. Anderson is a psychologist and psychoanalyst with the Contemporary Freudian Society. She is co-chair of the New Directions Writing Program and practices in Bethesda, Maryland.