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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
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