Beyond the Dynamic Unconscious, 1e

De Masi
Karnac Books Limited
212 pages
ISBN: 9781800132931
January 2025

From the beginning of psychoanalysis, there have been those considered suited to psychoanalytic therapy and those not. Those 'suited' could dream and associate as well as understand and accept the analyst's symbolic interpretations. Those 'unsuited' were either unreceptive to treatment or were psychotic and it was feared that analysis could worsen an already fragile situation. Throughout his decades of clinical experience, Franco De Masi expanded his work to treat patients considered difficult to analyse. By doing so, he went beyond the territory of the dynamic unconscious into territory where psychic processes outside awareness reside. Building on the revolutionary roots of psychoanalysis, De Masi broadens psychoanalytic practice to include psychic suffering hitherto considered unreachable. Case studies throughout the book illustrate the psychoanalytic theory, making it the ideal read for practising clinicians looking to expand their practice and academics interested in the efficacy of psychoanalysis.