The novel The Paltry Demon illustrates the life of various social categories of people, among which is the main character, Ardalion Borisîci, whom is presented along the novel as Peredonov. The action is settled in a small town from Russia, apparently under the influence of a patriarchal...

The novel “When Lizoanca was eleven” describes an eleven year old girl’s childhood, Eliza Niţǎ, known as Lizoanca. The story focuses on the girl’s life as a prostitute and as one reads on contexts that led to Lizoanca being a prostitute are revealed. Thus Lizoanca abandons her parents...

This article deal with the problem of therapeutic effect of motion picture on the spectator. Psychoanalysis and analytic psychology emphasize the cathartic aspect of cinema and the sustaining of individuation’s process. Sometimes, the movie/phantasy, through its narcissistic nature opposes to...

This paper is situate in that contemporary psychoanalytic orientation that emphasizes the two-sided character of therapeutic relationship and pays attention to the psychoanalyst's feelings and to their effects on the therapy. Starting with the concept of the artificial quality of analytic...

My life had started with a game in which I was the explorer of my own world. Year by year growing up in the country with my grandparents, I was the center of my own universe, the princess of my imaginary stories and naughty boy who sleeps with the hens in their cottage, feeling the liberty of...

The essay analyses the narcissism in Philip Roth’s novel, „My life as a man”, but also offers a general psychoanalytical view upon it. The character’s ego is narcissistic because it destroys everything around him, his relathionships have a pathological base and we seek the roots of his...

The applications of notion of countertransference as analyst’s critical instrument were extended to social research. In this paper, the author discusses the views of George Devereux, one of the first authors who indicate the existence, effects and uses of countertransference in social sciences...

In this paper the author presents Balint groups, focusing on the impact of type psychoanalytic supervision can have on the quality of professional work. Although originally designed for groups of doctors, Balint method proves to be useful in increasing the efficiency of work in various fields...

În cadrul economiei de piaţă, asigurările constituie o ramură, un sector al serviciilor care contribuie nu numai la protecţia bunurilor şi persoanelor împotriva diferitelor riscuri preluate în asigurare, dar şi la crearea produsului intern brut, participă, în calitate de ofertant, pe...