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Free Association: Method and Process » (Revised & Expanded Edition)

Book cover image of Free Association: Method and Process by Anton O. Kris

Authors: Anton O. Kris
ISBN-13: 9780881632538, ISBN-10: 0881632538
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 1996
Edition: Revised & Expanded Edition

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Author Biography: Anton O. Kris

Book Synopsis

In this expanded edition of a classic text, Anton Kris reexamines the method of free association, one of the foundational components of psychoanalysis. Tracing the history of the concept from its original pride of place among early analysts through its more recent downgrading, Kris reformulates the multifaceted illumination that free association provides, thereby assigning it a central place in contemporary thinking about psychoanalytic technique.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface
Acknowledgements
1Formulation from the viewpoint of free association1
2Varieties of free association8
3Functions of free association14
4The method of free association22
5Reluctance, resistance, and negative attitudes31
6The dynamics of free association39
7Satisfaction in free association46
8Free association in two kinds of conflict53
9Transference and free association62
10Countertransference and free association72
11Illustrations of the free association process75
12Development and free association98
13Free association in psychotherapy102
14Prospects for education and research107
Bibliography111
Index117

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