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Withdrawal, Silence, Loneliness: Psychotherapy of the Schizoid Process

Author(s) : Richard G. Erskine

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
About the author and contributors

Foreword
Amaia Mauriz Etxabe (Basque Country, Spain)

Preface
Richard G. Erskine (Canada)

Part I: Psychotherapy of the Schizoid Process
1. The Schizoid Process: An Introduction
Richard G. Erskine (Canada)

2. Relational Withdrawal, Internal Criticism, Social Facade: Attunement to Parts of the Self
Richard G. Erskine (Canada)

3. Relational Withdrawal, Attunement to Silence: Psychotherapy of the Schizoid Process
Richard G. Erskine (Canada)

4. Engaging with the Schizoid Compromise
Ray Little (Scotland)

5. Silence, Withdrawal, and Contact in the Schizoid Process
Marye O’Riely-Knapp (USA)

6. Relational Needs and the Schizoid Phenomena
Dan Eastop (Ireland)

Part II: A Five-Year Case Study and Colleague’s Reflections
7. Allan: Depression or Isolated Attachment?
Richard G. Erskine (Canada)

8. Allan: Internal Criticism and Shame, Physical Sensations and Affect
Richard G. Erskine (Canada)

9. Allan: Isolation, Loneliness, and a Need to be Loved
Richard G. Erskine (Canada)

10. Allan: Therapeutic Withdrawal and Painful Memories
Richard G. Erskine (Canada)

11. Allan: My Mother’s Voice; Psychotherapy of Introjection
Richard G. Erskine (Canada)

12. Reflexively exploring the ‘therapeutic use of self’: A response to Richard Erskine’s five-chapter case study of Allan
Linda Finlay (UK)

13. The Role of Shame in the Development of the Schizoid Process
Lynn Martin (UK)

Part III: Clients’ Perspectives on the Psychotherapy
14. Come closer … but keep your distance”
Leigh Bettles (UK)

15. From Inner Safety to Contact-in-Relationship: Analyzing the Psychotherapy of the Schizoid Process
Silvia Allari (Italy) and Eugenio Peiró Orozco (Spain)

Part IV: Theory into Therapeutic Practice
16. Louise: Social Facade, Depression, Relational
Richard G. Erskine (Canada)

Index