Generation: Preoccupations and Conflicts in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : 2006
- Cover : Paperback
- Category :
Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 24499
- ISBN 13 : 9781583919620
- ISBN 10 : 1583919627
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Jean White presents a detailed study of contemporary Independent, Lacanian and post-Kleinian theory, set within the wider context of the international expansion of psychoanalysis. Contemporary clinical practice is discussed in relation to concepts of psychopathology, transference and countertransference and innovations in technique. Each school's explicit and implicit models of psychic growth and their view of the aims of the psychoanalytic process are explored.
Contents:
Introduction. Introducing the three paradigms. Contemporary Independents. Lacanians. Post-Kleinians. Contemporary clinical practice. A modern view of narcissism. Structures of psychopathology. Motivational echoes: transference and countertransference in contemporary theory. Surprise, humour and non-interpretation: a new look at psychoanalytic technique. The aims of analysis and psychic growth. The Future? Conclusion.
Author Biography:
Jean White is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in London. Since 1986, she has consulted to many public sector organisations and lectured for a range of psychoanalytic psychotherapy trainings. She is a member of the Guild of Psychotherapists and the Forum for Independent Psychotherapists.