Free associations: method and process

The reader of the book by A. Chris gets the opportunity to feel the texture of the fine tissue of living analytical relations, the basis of which is the threads of the patient"s free associations. Writing this book was a reaction to the standard established in the practice of American analysts whose theoretical views were based on ego-psychology, which dictates observance of an excessive distance between an analyst and patient. The book will be useful to everyone who is interested in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. In the book "Free Association: Method and Process" A. Chris offers the reader an amazingly clear and affordable presentation of psychoanalytic equipment. Based on his rich experience of a psychoanalyst practitioner and psychotherapist, he reveals the effect that the method of classical psychoanalysis experienced by modern ideas about internal conflicts, transfer phenomena and counterperos, as well as views on mental development as a whole. This book, abundant by clinical examples, will undoubtedly be useful not only to beginners, but also practicing psychoanalysts and psychotherapists. Translation from English V.A. Agarkova