Identities in Transition : The Growth and Development of a Multicultural Therapist / edited by Monisha Nayar-Akhtar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nayar-Akhtar, Monisha, 1954- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Ethnopsychology.

Iranian Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Identities in Transition is a book about the growth and development of a multicultural therapist/analyst. Hailing from all around the world (Argentina, England, Egypt, India, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, New Zealand, Mexico, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Poland), the contributing therapists share their personal stories of clinical minds at work. The factors that inform them are varied and diverse, shaped by their histories of immigration and professional training. Insightful and thought provoking, their explorations capture the struggles, the dilemmas and the skillful integration of various parts of themselves, that finds expression in clinical encounters and analytic settings. Their sensitive reflections upon the salient features of their didactics, supervision and personal analyses, provides a blue print for an adaptive and assimilative process at work. The nuanced impact of immigration, of diversity of culture, of thought and conduct and the integrative process is highlighted. In the process these clinicians develop a 'voice' as unique as their past, informed by thoughtful reflections of their training and the assimilative process. Embracing multiculturalism, this book provides hope and possibilities for both young and old clinicians. In a world that is culturally diverse and complex, it signals a new era of thoughtful insight, self-revelation and contemplative integration."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE The confluence of cultures: an Iranian-American story; CHAPTER TWO Lost luggage: analytic training as search for objects lost in migration; CHAPTER THREE A tale of two cities; CHAPTER FOUR Navigating our cultural identifications: individual, social, and political struggle in the therapy room; CHAPTER FIVE De dónde eres? Finding a "from" in psychoanalysis; CHAPTER SIX A wound of no return: in search of self, bloss, and transformation; CHAPTER SEVEN A demand for training

CHAPTER EIGHT Stolen freedomCHAPTER NINE Crossing the border within: migration, transience, and analytic identity; CHAPTER TEN The unmatched twin: enactments of otherness and the autobiography of an immigrant clinician; CHAPTER ELEVEN Conclusion: change is us; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 11, 2015).

ISBN:

0-429-91469-5

0-367-32491-1

0-429-90046-5

0-429-47569-1

1-78241-354-5

9780429475696

OCLC:

900344265