The Riddle of the Psychotic Transference Lawrence E. Hedges PhD, PsyD, ABPP Director, The Listening Perspectives Study Center Orange, California lhedges7@gmail.com www.listeningperspectives.com The Riddle of the Psychotic Transference The riddle of the psychotic transference is, “how can we best formulate and analyze transferences emanating from life’s earliest relational experiences?” Sandor Ferenczi (1931, 1933) first understood […]
The sense and nonsense of boundaries
The Sense and Nonsense of Boundaries Copyright 2000 Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D, ABPP People with a prosecuting mentality who sit on licensing boards and ethics committees have long been seduced by the plaintiff bar into naïve and nonsensical moralizing with regard to the concept of boundaries as applied to the practice of psychotherapy. Clearly a […]
Transference and Psychotic Signifiers
The Organizing Transference and Psychotic Signifiers Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D., ABPP The Listening Perspectives Study Center, Orange, California, lhedges@pacbell.net Paul’s Organizing Transference A year into therapy and following a lively discussion about Paul’s parents and some difficult relationships he was having at work Paul and I began to formulate some important aspects of his organizing transference. Paul: […]
Transferencia Psicotica (Full Text)
O Enigma da Transferência Psicótica Lawrence E. Hedges PhD, PsyD, ABPP Diretor, Centro de Estudos de Perspectivas de Ouvir Orange, California lhedges7@gmail.com www.listeningperspectives.com Resumo: O enigma da transferência psicótica é, “como podemos melhor formular e analisar as transferências provenientes das primeiras experiências de relações da vida?” Sandor Ferenczi (1931, 1933) primeiro compreendeu a importância do […]
Listening Perspectives for Emotional Relatedness Memories
Hedges, L.E. (2005). Listening Perspectives for Emotional: Relatedness Memories. Psychoanal. Inq., 25:455-483. Listening Perspectives for Emotional: Relatedness Memories Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D. When considering memory, it is as important to relinquish the distinctions of Platonic triadism— cognition, emotion, and motivation—as it is to abandon Cartesian dualism. Calling on contemporary infant research and neuroscience, the author […]