Taboo or Not Taboo? Forbidden Thoughts, Forbidden Acts in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy : Forbidden Thoughts, Forbidden Acts in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

ISBN-13: 9781855756236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 404 str.

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Winner of the 2009 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic & Psychodynamic Scholarship

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Psychoanalysis has, from its inception, been a discipline concerned with overcoming the ill effects of certain social taboos. Freud's understanding of the underlying cause of the emotional disturbances of his hysterical patients was that they were suffering from the effects of repressing desires, due to taboos against sexual impulses. Patients in psychoanalysis are encouraged to speak about -whatever comes to mind-, without editing, even if they believe their thoughts and feelings to be unacceptable, heinous or scandalous.

Given this focus, it might be assumed that psychoanalysis and its practitioners are free of the constraints imposed by restrictive taboos. This book challenges this idea by examining a sampling of the taboos that are rife in the field. It is not intended to offer a complete summary of all of the forbidden ideas, clinical procedures, behaviors and institutional practices in psychoanalysis, but rather to raise consciousness about the fact that even within a field which encourages freedom of expression, many issues remain difficult to fully discuss both in the consulting room and in professional discourse. In some cases, the result is a limitation in the therapeutic results for the patient. In others, theory development is hampered by the taboo.

The book provides a refreshing, thoughtful, honest look at many of the taboos present in psychoanalysis, even at this moment of greatly improved communication between the various theoretical schools in the field. Reading it provides a sense of freedom for the reader, as speaking of forbidden thoughts always does.

Spis treści

ContentsOn TabooExpressions of ErosTranscending Traditional Thought: Buddhism and SpiritualityFinancial AffairsConfidentiality - Too Much or Too Little?Facing Real World IssuesSelf-Disclosure: To Do or Not to Do?Proscribed Interventions

O autorze

Lori C Bohm