George Atwood – The Abyss of Madness

[NOTE: I originally posted this in August of 2012. However, I am seeing clients who would fall into the definition Atwood uses for “madness.”] I am reading George Atwood’s The Abyss of Madness (Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series) (2011) as part of an intersubjective, relational psychoanalytic study group I have been a part of for the last … Read more

Intersubjectivity in Schizophrenia: Life Story Analysis of Three Cases

This is an interesting article that analyzes, with a qualitative model, the intersubjective aspects of schizophrenia. This may be too geeky for some readers, but I am finding more psychosis in my counseling work, and this helps me understand better what the client is experiencing.  Here is an explanation of the paper’s agenda: The processes … Read more