The Loss of Self: Self-Writing as a Tool in Borderline Psychoanalysis

By: Chiantaretto, Jean-François

The Loss of Self considers distinctions and connections between the writing of survival and survival as a mode of being and thinking encountered in analytic work with borderline patients.

Jean-Francois Chiantaretto draws a parallel between Freud's use of writing in constructing the psychoanalytic edifice and the way each analyst may turn to writing when reflecting on a patient's analysis. With close reference to the writings of Imre Kert sz, the book brings a unique perspective to the literary and historical concept of survival.

The Loss of Self will be of interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032893842
• ISBN13: 9781032893846
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"