Paths of Symbolization
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Alain Gibeault connects symbolization with concepts like playing, sublimation and creation. With reference to Freud’s metapsychology and the French context specifically, Gibeault explores the significance of symbolization in analytic work. This book studies the theoretical questions raised by the concept of symbolization in the history of psychoanalytic thought and clarifies what is at stake when symbolization is impaired—particularly in the treatment of psychotic, borderline, and neurotic states. Through a wealth of clinical material, the author illustrates how symbolization mediates between inner and outer realities, enabling the emergence of thought, representation, and transformation. By comparing these cases, readers are invited to grasp the specific therapeutic contributions of French psychoanalysis in fostering psychic integration and the working through of unconscious conflict.
Paths of Symbolization will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, particularly those looking to better understand theoretical, clinical, and technical aspects of French psychoanalysis. It will also be relevant for academics and scholars of psychoanalytic studies, other areas of mental health and philosophy.
Alain Gibeault is a philosopher, psychologist, and psychoanalyst. He is a training and full member of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society and former director of the E. & J. Kestemberg Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He served as President of the European Psychoanalytical Federation and General Secretary of the International Psychoanalytical Association. He is also an Honorary Professor at Lomonossov Moscow State University and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Psychanalyse et psychose (E. & J. Kestemberg Center).
Series Editor’s ForewordSilvia Flechner
Foreword: Symbolization as Process Interpretation,Construction, and SettingHoward B. Levine
Introduction
Chapter 1
Conversion hysteria: the discovery of symbolization
Chapter 2
Dream symbolism
Chapter 3
The symbolism of money and psychoanalytic treatment
Chapter 4
Symbolization, projection, and projective identification
Chapter 5
Symbolization in analysis
Chapter 6
The interplay between symbolization, representation, and sublimation
Chapter 7
The birth of symbolization: prehistoric art
Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.2.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The International Psychoanalytical Association Current Challenges in Psychoanalysis |
| Zusatzinfo | 9 Halftones, color; 9 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-89990-5 / 1032899905 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-89990-9 / 9781032899909 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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