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Identity and the Foundational Myth: Psychoanalytic Insights into Gender Distress

Author(s) : Marcus Evans

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
About the author
Preface by R. D. Hinshelwood
Foreword by Ron Britton
Introduction

Part I. Overview and background
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to early childhood development
3. Some observed aspects of trans-identifying individuals
4. Aspects of psychoanalytic assessment and treatment of gender dysphoric young people

Part II: Case studies
Introduction to Part II
5. Difficulty taking ownership of the body and the adult sexual body
6. Fragile ego prone to fragmentation and concrete thinking
7. Exploring identity and transference: A psychoanalytic journey through early trauma and gender dysphoria
8. Eroticised as a defence against separation
9. Killing off the good little boy: Illness in childhood
10. Mourning the loss of the ideal self: Short-term work with a trans patient post-transition
11. Conclusion

References
Index