Apr 10 2008
Introduction
The application of traditional psycho-analytic theories and application of these theories have been and are notoriously unsuccessful in the psycho-analysis of adolescents. This book will study these unsuccessful attempts. This review will be matched with highly successful techniques that make the analysis of adolescents both possible and very useful.
Chapters from the Dr.Ricker’s new book, “No Distance, It’s the Ride”, will be published, both for reading, study, and comment by readers. These chapters are being written on an ongoing basis. Therefore, comments and criticisms will be particularly useful in this writing.
This book is intended to be useful to practicing psycho-analysts and psycho-analytically influenced psychotherapists, psychologists, LCSWs MSWs, MFTs, as well as others.
The on-going writing of this book is written by Dr. Ricker. There are opportunities for the readers involvement which include direct comments in the body of the book as well as use of a chat board specifically for this book.
Dr. Ricker’s Curriculum Vitae is as follows: AB, University of California at Berkeley; MD, Tufts University School of Medicine; Resident, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; Researcher, The National Institute of Mental Health for the Study of Drug Addiction; Graduate, UCLA Psychiatric Residency Training Program; Graduate, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute; Director, Reiss-Davis Child Study Center, Department of Post-Graduate Education, Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association(inact) and Member of the International Psychoanalytic Association (inact); Founder and Director of The Linden Center, a Los Angeles based program for the inpatient and outpatient analysis of adolescents