In What Do Psychoanalysts Want? the authors look at the way psychoanalysts have defined analysis both here and in America, from Freud down to the present day. From this basis they set out a theory about aims which is extremely relevant to clinical practice today, discussing the issues from the point of view of the conscious and unconscious processes in the psychoanalyst's mind.
Besides presenting a concise history of psychoanalysis, its conflicts and developments, which will be of interest to a wide audience of those interested in analysis, this book makes important points for the clinician interested in researching his or her practice.
In What Do Psychoanalysts Want? the authors look at the way psychoanalysts have defined analysis both here and in America, from Freud down to the present day. From this basis they set out a theory about aims which is extremely relevant to clinical practice today, discussing the issues from the point of view of the conscious and unconscious processes in the psychoanalyst's mind.
Besides presenting a concise history of psychoanalysis, its conflicts and developments, which will be of interest to a wide audience of those interested in analysis, this book makes important points for the clinician interested in researching his or her practice.
What Do Psychoanalysts Want?: The Problem of Aims in Psychoanalytic Therapy
160What Do Psychoanalysts Want?: The Problem of Aims in Psychoanalytic Therapy
160Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780415135153 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 12/28/1995 |
Series: | The New Library of Psychoanalysis , #24 |
Pages: | 160 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |