Catch Them Before They Fall: The Psychoanalysis of Breakdown

by Christopher Bollas

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In this exploration of a radical approach to the psychoanalytical treatment of people on the verge of mental breakdown, Christopher Bollas offers a new and courageous clinical paradigm.

He suggests that the unconscious purpose of breakdown is to present the self to the other for transformative understanding; to have its core distress met and understood directly. If caught in time, a breakdown can become a breakthrough. It is an...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415637201

ISBN13:9780415637206

Release Date:December 2012

Publisher:Routledge

Length:146 Pages

Weight:0.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"

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