The Non-Linear Mind : Psychoanalysis of Complexity in Psychic Life (Paperback)

Introduction -- The Application of Non-Linear Dynamical Systems Theory to the Psychoanalytical Study of the Mind -- The strange attractor -- Experimental psychology and psychoanalysis: what we can learn from a century of misunderstanding -- Chaos theory and psychoanalysis: the fluidic nature of the mind -- Chaotic possibilities: toward a new model of development -- Clinical and Technical Implications of the Non-Linear Model -- Internal objects considered as strange attractors in the non-linear dynamical system of the mind -- The number of sessions per week as an aspect of the psychoanalytical setting: theoretical and technical implications -- Some research implications -- Some clinical implications -- Some conclusions