Enchantments of the clinic [electronic resource] : power, eroticism, and illusion in the clinical relationship / Carl P. Ellerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellerman, Carl P., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapist and patient.

Sex.

Existential psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Jason Aronson, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A pragmatic existential therapist exposes a suggestive underworld of clinical experience, not only disclosing direct experience of the erotization of the clinic, the erotization of the clinician, and the erotization of clinical confession, but also showing by example that these enchantments facilitate psychological healing if managed well. Addressing clinical and cultural concerns, the philosophically-minded dialogical therapist also offers a vigorous critique of the clinical nihilism that defines psychotherapeutic practice in the postmodern clinic.

Contents:

Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: The Clinical Trenches; Part I: Themes; Chapter 1: The Erotization of the Clinic; Chapter 2: The Erotizationb of the Clinician; Chapter 3: The Erotization of Confession; Part II: VARIATIONS; Chapter 4: The Therapy of Confession; Chapter 5: The Edge of Therapy; Chapter 6: Trail of the Human Serpent; Chapter 7: The Hysterization of Incest; Part III: ABERRATIONS; Chapter 8: Anarchism and Ethics; Chapter 9: Therapeutic Sensibility; Chapter 10: Clinical Nihilism; Chapter 11: The Therapeutic Artiste

Chapter 12: Normality in the Light of MadnessChapter 13: Conclusion: After the Fall; Appendix: Freud's Ghost; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-71357-4

9786612713576

0-7657-0780-2

OCLC:

700699473