Psychoanalytic Complexity: Clinical Attitudes for Therapeutic Change

ISBN-13: 9780415896238 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 136 str.

William J. Coburn

Opis

'Psychoanalytic Complexity' is the application of a multidisciplinary, explanatory theory to clinical psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. It carries with it incisive and pivotal attitudes that aim to transform our understanding of therapeutic action and the change process. Here, William Coburn offers a revolutionary and far-reaching counterpoint to the remnants of Cartesianism and scientism, respecting and encouraging human anomaly rather than pathologizing or obliterating the uniqueness of the individual person.

Spis treści

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Psychoanalytic Complexity: It’s (Almost) All About Attitude. Complexity, Therapeutic Action and Jack. Attitudes. Two Attitudes On Personal Subjectivity. Complexity Theory and Emotional Life. Attitudes At Play. Conclusion. Notes.

O autorze

William J. Coburn is a psychoanalyst and licensed clinical psychologist in Los Angeles. He is Joint Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and Senior Faculty Member and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. He co-edited (with Roger Frie) Persons In Context: The Challenge of Individuality in Theory and Practice (2011, Routledge).