An edition of Lost boys (1995)

Lost boys

reflections on psychoanalysis and countertransference

1st ed.
  • 3 Want to read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 3 Want to read

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
July 17, 2024 | History
An edition of Lost boys (1995)

Lost boys

reflections on psychoanalysis and countertransference

1st ed.
  • 3 Want to read

This is a book about five children in psychoanalytic therapy. Their stories, dramatic and heart-rending, show the healing power of love.

But more than that, this is a book about a therapist willing to go an extra mile with these children as they struggle to make sense of their inner and external worlds. Inviting readers to join him on this journey, Rick Berenstein reveals not only the intimate exchanges of the psychoanalytic hour but also his own intense feelings - feelings of tenderness, rage for the hurts suffered by these children, uncertainty, fear of going too slowly or too fast, terror, sadness, and always, love.

Lost Boys is also a model of trust, shared process, and self-revelation. Two of the chapters have been dictated by the boys themselves, with commentary by the therapist.

In therapy a child is asked to trust, but for children who have been badly hurt this requires an incredible leap of faith. Every child will eventually ask, in some way, "Do you love me?" As Berenstein shows so poignantly and persuasively, it is the analyst's work to find his way to that private place, to be ready and waiting to catch the child in his strong arms when the child finally makes the leap into the void.

Publish Date
Publisher
Norton
Language
English
Pages
179

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Book Details


Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.
"A Norton professional book".

Published in
New York
Other Titles
Reflections on psychoanalysis and countertransference

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
618.92/8917
Library of Congress
RJ504 .B44 1995, RJ504.B44 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 179 p. :
Number of pages
179

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1119652M
Internet Archive
lostboysreflecti0000bere
ISBN 10
0393701883
LCCN
94045955
OCLC/WorldCat
31816310
Library Thing
1281824
Goodreads
968499

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL3525072W

Community Reviews (0)

No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
July 17, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
August 27, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
July 12, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
March 11, 2019 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
December 10, 2009 Created by WorkBot add works page