Rachel Β. Blass

Schlumberger (Ireland) — Ireland

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications(73), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology(19), Psychoanalysis and Social Critique(17), Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research(14), Mental Health and Psychiatry(10)

Publications113 total

On the Power of the Experience of “Longing” in the Development of Freud’s Thinking: Some Reflections on How the Study of Depression Influenced Freud’s Move from an Economic to a Relational Metapsychology
Psychoanalytic Inquiry·2025
What’s in a word? A brief reflection on why the understanding of Freud is not changed by replacing the word “instinct” with “drive” and the importance of reading in context
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2024· 1 cited
Remémoration, répétition, perlaboration comme une étape dans la lutte permanente de freud avec le « quoi », le « pourquoi » et le « comment » de la connaissance analytique dans le processus de la cure
L’Année psychanalytique internationale·2024
On the nature of transference interpretation and why only it can bring about analytic change
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2023· 4 cited
Remembering, repeating and working-through as a step in Freud’s ongoing struggle with the “what”, “why” and “how” of analytic knowing in the curative process
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2023· 5 cited
Affirming “that's not psycho-analysis!”
2023
Why analysts do not debate well and what can be done about it
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2023· 3 cited
The Puzzle of Freud's Puzzle Analogy
2022
Ein Blick auf die Übertragungsdeutung aus freudianisch-kleinianischer Perspektive und warum nur diese Veränderung durch die Analyse bewirken kann
Jahrbuch der Psychoanalyse·2022· 3 cited
Response to Michel Sanchez-Cardenas’ letter
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2021
Can we think psychoanalytically about transgenderism? An expanded live Zoom debate with David Bell and Avgi Saketopoulou, moderated by Rachel Blass
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2021· 14 cited
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis as the voice of psychoanalysis
2021
Joan Riviere
2021
The role of repetition in narcissism and self-sacrifice: A Freudian Kleinian reflection on the person’s foundational love of the other
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2020· 9 cited
Introduction to “Can we think psychoanalytically about transgenderism?”
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2020· 9 cited
Freud's view of death and repetition as grounds of a Kleinian approach to narcissism: Implications for clinical practice
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2019· 10 cited
The Enigma of the Hour: Display Case Compendium
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2019
The most innovative ideas in psychoanalysis
2019
Introduction à « Une section spéciale sur Les Leçons sur la technique par Melanie Klein  »
L’Année psychanalytique internationale·2019
Freud’s writing as a living creative presence in our minds: An introduction to Joan Riviere’s “A character trait of Freud’s”
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis·2019Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Sidney J. Blatt(5), Zvi Carmeli(4), Bennett Simon(2), Joseph Yanai(2), David Bell(1), Avgi Saketopoulou(1), Jeffery J. Feigenbaum(1), Byong H. Moon(1), Harold L. Klawans(1), J. J. Feigenbaum(1), H. Shmuel Erlich(1)