Ernest Kafka
Biographic Data
| ID | 5211666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ernest Kafka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ernest |
| FAMILY NAME | Kafka |
| SIGNATURE | KAFKA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York, New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Freud, Dora, and Vienna, 1900
The Uses of Moral Ideas in the Mastery of Trauma and in Adaptation, and the Concept of Superego Severity
The power of moral ideas, here equated with superego strength, has been explained in increasingly complex terms over the course of the development of psychoanalysis. At first regarded mainly as useful in opposing oedipal instinctual demands, morality came to be seen also as opposed to aggressive wishes while at the same time capable of gratifying aggressive and libidinal forces. In this paper, I discuss the contribution to the strength of moralit…
The Contribution of Hartmann’s Adaptational Theory to Psychoanalysis, with Special Reference to Regression and Symptom Formation
My experience of clinical work is consistent with the conclusion that both practice and theory are improved by applying the contributions of Heinz Hartmann. His work provides an important conceptual bridge to understanding the adaptive and pathologic changes that appear in the course of human development. The specific details of those changes are just as much an issue demanding the analyst's attention as is the tracing of patterns of childhood in…
Freud in Germany. Revolution and Reaction in science 1893-1907
Cognitive Difficulties in Psychoanalysis
The author rises a number of questions about cognitive difficulties in relation to psychoanalysis. He presents the case of an adult patient in whom previously unrecognized childhood cognitive difficulties were discovered during the course of analysis. Their relationship to the patient's problems in adulthood is discussed. Some suggestions and speculations about the questions raised are presented with the hope of stimulating further exploration of…
On Examination Dreams
The literature concerning examination dreams is reviewed, and the case of a patient who had a number of examination and examination-like dreams is described. Examination dreams are related to traumatic dreams, "idiosyncratic" dreams, and various behavioral expressions. In addition, constitutional factors involving impulse-defense imbalance, childhood experiences with physical difficulties and medical examinations, and ambivalent identifications a…
Psychoanalytic Review . LVIII, 1971
Meetings of the New York Psychoanalytic Society
Meeting of the New York Psychoanalytic Society
Meetings of the New York Psychoanalytic Society
Meetings of the New York Psychoanalytic Society: June 13, 1967. An Infantile Fetish and Its Persistence into Young Womanhood. Nancy Tow Spiegel, MA. (by invitation).
Cognitive Difficulties in Psychoanalysis
The author rises a number of questions about cognitive difficulties in relation to psychoanalysis. He presents the case of an adult patient in whom previously unrecognized childhood cognitive difficulties were discovered during the course of analysis. Their relationship to the patient's problems in adulthood is discussed. Some suggestions and speculations about the questions raised are presented with the hope of stimulating further exploration of…
On Examination Dreams
The literature concerning examination dreams is reviewed, and the case of a patient who had a number of examination and examination-like dreams is described. Examination dreams are related to traumatic dreams, "idiosyncratic" dreams, and various behavioral expressions. In addition, constitutional factors involving impulse-defense imbalance, childhood experiences with physical difficulties and medical examinations, and ambivalent identifications a…
The Uses of Moral Ideas in the Mastery of Trauma and in Adaptation, and the Concept of Superego Severity
The power of moral ideas, here equated with superego strength, has been explained in increasingly complex terms over the course of the development of psychoanalysis. At first regarded mainly as useful in opposing oedipal instinctual demands, morality came to be seen also as opposed to aggressive wishes while at the same time capable of gratifying aggressive and libidinal forces. In this paper, I discuss the contribution to the strength of moralit…
The Contribution of Hartmann’s Adaptational Theory to Psychoanalysis, with Special Reference to Regression and Symptom Formation
My experience of clinical work is consistent with the conclusion that both practice and theory are improved by applying the contributions of Heinz Hartmann. His work provides an important conceptual bridge to understanding the adaptive and pathologic changes that appear in the course of human development. The specific details of those changes are just as much an issue demanding the analyst's attention as is the tracing of patterns of childhood in…
Meetings of the New York Psychoanalytic Society: June 13, 1967. An Infantile Fetish and Its Persistence into Young Womanhood. Nancy Tow Spiegel, MA. (by invitation).
Meetings of the New York Psychoanalytic Society
Meetings of the New York Psychoanalytic Society
Meeting of the New York Psychoanalytic Society
Psychoanalytic Review . LVIII, 1971
On Examination Dreams
The literature concerning examination dreams is reviewed, and the case of a patient who had a number of examination and examination-like dreams is described. Examination dreams are related to traumatic dreams, "idiosyncratic" dreams, and various behavioral expressions. In addition, constitutional factors involving impulse-defense imbalance, childhood experiences with physical difficulties and medical examinations, and ambivalent identifications a…
Cognitive Difficulties in Psychoanalysis
The author rises a number of questions about cognitive difficulties in relation to psychoanalysis. He presents the case of an adult patient in whom previously unrecognized childhood cognitive difficulties were discovered during the course of analysis. Their relationship to the patient's problems in adulthood is discussed. Some suggestions and speculations about the questions raised are presented with the hope of stimulating further exploration of…
Freud in Germany. Revolution and Reaction in science 1893-1907
The Contribution of Hartmann’s Adaptational Theory to Psychoanalysis, with Special Reference to Regression and Symptom Formation
My experience of clinical work is consistent with the conclusion that both practice and theory are improved by applying the contributions of Heinz Hartmann. His work provides an important conceptual bridge to understanding the adaptive and pathologic changes that appear in the course of human development. The specific details of those changes are just as much an issue demanding the analyst's attention as is the tracing of patterns of childhood in…
The Uses of Moral Ideas in the Mastery of Trauma and in Adaptation, and the Concept of Superego Severity
The power of moral ideas, here equated with superego strength, has been explained in increasingly complex terms over the course of the development of psychoanalysis. At first regarded mainly as useful in opposing oedipal instinctual demands, morality came to be seen also as opposed to aggressive wishes while at the same time capable of gratifying aggressive and libidinal forces. In this paper, I discuss the contribution to the strength of moralit…
Freud, Dora, and Vienna, 1900
Psychoanalysis (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (8 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (2 works) · Psychoanalytic Therapy (2 works) · Psychotherapist (2 works)