Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China

The inaugural volume in the Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China journal series.

Psychoanalysis took root in many countries around the world in the twentieth century, but China has special significance. It was, of course, the largest country from which analysis was completely excluded, from 1949 until the Chinese opening up began in the 1980s. It was not only the banning of psychoanalytic thought that marked China in this period. There was also an absence of an effective mental health system during times of great need in China because of war, famine, industrial collapse, enormous population growth, and changes in social structure. This was followed with further changes in family structure through the one child policy, new policies of entrepreneurship, economic growth, urbanisation, and increasing exposure to the West. This journal is conceived as a meeting place of cultures, as a place in which the issues of this important world encounter can be documented and examined. It is intended to be an intercultural journal in which theory and clinical experience can be presented and discussed. At a practical level, the editorial board is composed equally of eminent Chinese and Western colleagues who share an interest in the introduction and development of psychoanalysis in China. It contains articles from both Chinese and Western contributors, with discussion of ideas, and is a must-read for those with an interest in the development of psychoanalytic therapy in China.

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION David E. Scharff ARTICLES From Psychotherapy to Psycho-Boom: A Historical Overview of Psychotherapy in China Huang Hsuan-Ying Brief Intervention with a Chinese Family Jill Savege Scharff and David E. Scharff A Commentary on "Brief Intervention with a Chinese Family", by Jill and David Scharff Gao Jun Projective Identification in Group Therapy in China Xu Yong Somatic Countertransference: A Chinese Perspective Adrienne Margarian Practising Analytical Psychology in East Asia: A Post-Jungian Italian Perspective Marta Tibaldi The Core Element of Sandplay Therapy: Analytic Atmosphere Cai Chenghou 'Xie Yi Painting as a Culture of Therapy': Part 1 - Introduction Richard Wu Individual Development of Psychotherapists' and Practitioners' Motivation Shi Qijia SPECIAL SECTION ON DISTANCE ANALYSIS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY Editor's Introduction Teleanalysis: Problems, Limitations and Opportunities Lin Tao Skype as the Uncanny Third Irmgard Dettbarn Not So Lost in Translation: Supervising Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Candidates in China Lycia Alexander-Guerra Psychotherapy in China: Historical Context and the Future Li Zhen and Li Hongya BOOK REVIEWS Introduction by Jose Saporta China on the Mind by Christopher Bollas Reviewed by Almatea Kluzer Usuelli A Cultural Approach to Discourse by Shi-xu Reviewed by Alf Gerlach Psychoanalysis in China edited by David E. Scharff and Sverre Varvin Reviewed by Yuan Qi The Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos Reviewed by Caroline Sehon EVENT REVIEW Presentations, Thoughts, and Reflections on the International Conference "Ronald Fairbairn and the Object Relations Tradition" by Xing Xiaochun,

• Edited by David E. Scharff