Thierry Bokanowski
Thierry Bokanowski is a founding member and training and supervising analyst of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris, and a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). He is a former editor of La Revue française de Psychanalyse, former member of the IPA Publications Committee, former Scientific Secretary to the Institut de Paris, and currently chairs the Executive Committee of the Commission d’Enseignement de la Société Psychanalytique de Paris. He has published several papers in various psychoanalytical journals, including the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. His books include Sándor Ferenczi, and De la pratique analytique, translated under the title The Practice of Psychoanalysis.
On Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia"
Both melancholia and mourning are triggered by the same thing, that is, by loss. The distinction often made is that mourning occurs after the death of a loved one while in melancholia the object of... (more)
The Analytical Process: Journeys and Pathways
The term ‘psychoanalytical process’, though occurring but rarely in Freud’s works, has become firmly established nowadays despite being hard to define, explain, or pin down in conceptual or... (more)
The Modernity of Sandor Ferenczi: His Historical and Contemporary Importance in Psychoanalysis
The Modernity of Sandor Ferenczi provides a concise yet thorough overview of the life and work of Sandor Ferenczi. It seeks to help make his thought and work better known, as a controversial... (more)
On Freud's "Splitting of the Ego in the Process of Defence"
This book includes the development of the concept of "splitting" from both metapsychological and clinical perspectives, emphasizing the great importance of this topic for contemporary psychoanalysis.... (more)
On Freud's "Constructions in Analysis"
In Constructions in Analysis Freud introduces the notion of constructions, different from interpretation, and considers it necessary - under certain conditions - to reconstruct a part of the... (more)