Defenses in Psychoanalysis

Anna Maria Rosso, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and Associate Professor of Psychodynamic Psychology at eCampus University, Italy. A full member of the Italian Psychoanalytical Society and the IPA, she is in private practice and serves as co-delegate for Italy to the Comprehensive System International Rorschach Association (CSIRA).

• List of contributors AcknowledgementsSeries editor’s forewordSilvia FletchnerIntroductionAnna Maria RossoPart IA journey through the changing landscape of defenses in psychoanalysisChapter 1A journey through Freud’s conceptualization of defense mechanismsAnna Maria RossoChapter 2Forty years on: Anna Freud's re-examination of defense mechanisms in dialogue with Joseph SandlerAnna Maria RossoChapter 3The Klein-Bion paradigm shift Anna Maria RossoChapter 4The British Independents’ twistAnna Maria RossoChapter 5Insight into defenses from the North American psychoanalysisAnna Maria RossoChapter 6Does the concept of defense still hold water in psychoanalysis? Notes from the current psychoanalytic literatureAnna Maria RossoPart IIThe Heuristic utility of defense mechanisms in empirical research in psychoanalysisChapter 7Exploring the defenses in outcome research in psychoanalysis Anna Maria RossoChapter 8 Historical developments of assessing defenses on the RorschachJason M. Smith and Carl B. GaconoChapter 9The Comprehensive Rorschach Defense System. A new coding system Carl B. Gacono and Anna Maria RossoChapter 10The validation of the Comprehensive Rorschach Defense SystemAnna Maria Rosso and Andrea CamoiranoChapter 11Exploring psychic functioning through the Comprehensive Rorschach Defense System: A case studyAnna Maria RossoReferences