Psychodynamic Approaches for Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction
Psychodynamic Approaches for Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction This book provides clinicians and students with insights on the use of psychodynamic therapy to treat drug abuse and addiction,…
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Psychodynamic Approaches for Treatment of Drug Abuse and Addiction
This book provides clinicians and students with insights on the use of psychodynamic therapy to treat drug abuse and addiction, combining theory with clinical case material.The perspectives of analysts such as Abraham, Rado, Zimmel, Tibout, Wurmser, Khanzian, Krystal and McDougall are reviewed alongside original and more recent conceptualizations of drug addiction and recovery based on Kleinian, Winnicottian and Kohutian ideas. The theoretical analysis covers a range of concepts, such as John Steiner's psychic shelters and Betty Joseph's near-death-addiction, which are yet to be fully explored in the context of addiction. The case material deals with clinical phenomena that characterize working with this complex population, such as intense projective identification, countertransference difficulties and relapses.
Prevalent topics in the addiction field, such as the reward