From sign to symbol : transformational processes in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and psychology / Joseph Newirth.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: lost in the fog: theory, clinical practice and research -- From sign to symbol: the evolution of psychoanalysis from a search for truth to the creation of meaning -- Transformational models in psychology, neuropsychology and psychoanalysis -- Dreams in culture and psychoanalysis -- Humor as a universal human emotion -- Pleasure, desire and symbolization in the psychotherapeutic relationship -- Dissociative processes as a failure of symbolic functioning and mentalization -- The broken container: developing symbolic processes in psychotherapy -- Learning to ride a bicycle: procedural and discursive processes in supervision -- Transformational processes in psychotherapy: metaphor, symbol, and self-reflective thought.