Good Goodbyes: Knowing How to End in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis - Hardcover

by Jack Novick (Author), Kerry Kelly Novick (Author)

Within the framework of the therapeutic relationship and a clearly articulated set of goals for therapy, Jack Novick and Kerry Kelly Novick describe how to recognize and respond to termination themes from the very beginning of treatment. Each phase of treatment brings its own challenges, as well as the risk of premature ending by patient or therapist. Each chapter in this book addresses specific danger signals to look out for and helpful techniques to support treatment. With vivid clinical examples from all diagnostic groups and all stages of development, the Novicks demonstrate how to engage each patient in building the "emotional muscle" needed to master life's challenges, transform early losses, and integrate new experiences of joy and sadness into the personality.

Author Biography

Kerry Kelly Novick and Jack Novick are child, adolescent, and adult psychoanalysts who trained with Anna Freud. They are on the faculties of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council, the New York University Psychoanalytic Institute, the New York Freudian Society, the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, and the University of Michigan Medical School. They have been working with children and families for 40 years and joined other colleagues to found a non-profit psychoanalytic school, Allen Creek Preschool, in Ann Arbor. Both Jack and Kerry Novick have written an array of articles published in peer-reviewed journals, along with two books: Fearful Symmetry: The Development and Treatment of Sadomasochism (1996) and Working with Parents Makes Therapy Work (2005).