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User sandbox}} {{Connected contributor|User1=Dellerp |U1-declared=yes| U1-otherlinks=(Optional) This article was written by Marc Kingsley who is a clinical psychologist. Marc Kingsley receives clinical supervision from Patrick Casement (who is the subject of this article). The submitted article was reviewed by Paul Deller who has no connection to Patrick Casement. However, Paul Deller's clinical work is supervised by Marc Kinglsey.

Patrick Casement

Patrick Casement is a British psychoanalyst and author who is regarded as one of the leading figures in psychoanalysis today. He is viewed as a pioneer in the relational approaches to psychoanalysis and psychotherapy and is especially known for his contributions to the development of contemporary psychoanalytic technique.

Casement is best known for his Learning from... series. He has written extensively, and his work has been translated into 21 languages. His book Learning from Our Mistakes (2002) received a Gradiva award for its contribution to psychoanalysis.

Early Life and training

Casement was born in Woldingham in 1935. He is the second of four children, his father's side being from a Naval background. He was at Cambridge, Trinity College, 1956-59 and read for a Degree in Anthropology and Theology. After then qualifying with a Diploma in Public and Social Administration from Barnett House, Oxford university, Casement went on to work as a social worker and probation officer.

During his time working as a family caseworker and then principal for the London Family Welfare Association, Casement trained and qualified as a psychotherapist with the British Association of Psychotherapists, and in 1977 qualified further as a psychoanalyst with the British Institute of Psychoanalysts. He went on to become a training and supervising analyst for the British Psychoanalytical Society. His supervisors and Membership consultants included John Klauber, Adam Limentani, Hanna Segal and Paula Heimann. Casement aligned with what was the Independent Group in the British Psychoanalytical Society, and has been particularly influenced by the work of Donald Winnicott and Wilfred Bion.

Clinical contributions to psychoanalysis

Casement's contributions to psychoanalytic technique are well documented. These include his observations about internal supervision and trial identification, and then monitoring how the analytic space is either preserved or spoiled by the analyst's contributions.

Being deeply influenced by Winnicott's work, Casement often notes the potential for patients to be steered by unconscious hope, searching for what may have previously remained unmet through and in the analytic process. Casement places an emphasis on the analyst's affective openness, and within this a willingness and capacity to consider and explore his/her own contributions to, and impact on, the analytic process.

Casement has been deeply moved by a need to see beyond theory and has written extensively on the risks of applying theory too confidently, or of analytic sureness/certainty. He cautions against preconceptions that steer the analytic process, and advocates for a need to be led by the process emerging between analyst and patient in the consulting room. In this respect, Casement discusses the vital need for the analyst to regularly monitor the analytic space, including possible impingements that the analyst may bring to, or impose on, the therapeutic relationship. It is within this realm, that Casement's concepts of internal supervision and trial identification are of such value.

In 2019, Casement published ‘Learning Along the Way', a collection of his previously published papers and other writings from the past fifty years. And, most recently he also has a mini book in process with Karnacs, ''Credo? Religion and Psychoanalysis''.

Personal Life

Casement is married since 1966 and has two daughters. He retired from private practice in 2005, but still works as a supervisor to a number of analysts, psychologists and therapists.

Bibliography

Casement, P (1990). Further learning from the patient. London, Routledge.

Casement, P (2006). Learning from Life: becoming a psychoanalyst. London, Routledge. Casement, P (2014). Classic Edition. On Learning from the Patient. London and New York, Routledge

Casement, P (2019). Learning Along the Way: Further Reflections on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. London, Routledge.

Samuels, A. In Casement, P. Learning Along the Way: Further Reflections on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. East Sussex and New York, Routledge.

Steinberg, P. In. Casement, P (2019). Learning Along the Way: Further Reflections on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. London, Routledge.

Williams, A. Foreword. In Casement, P. On Learning From the Patient (2014. East Sussex and New York. Routledge.

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