The making of psychotherapists : an anthropological analysis / James Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, James (James Peter)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapists--Training of.

Psychotherapists.

Anthropology.

Professional socialization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here, for the first time, is a book that submits the psychoanalytic training institute to deep anthropological scrutiny. It expertly uncovers the hidden institutional devices used to transform trainees into professionals. By attending closely to what trainees feel, do, and think as they struggle towards professional status, it exposes the often subtle but deeply penetrating effects psychoanalytic training has upon all who pass through it; effects that profoundly shape not only therapists (professionally and personally), but also the community itself.The author'sfascinating and original data is culled from his extensive fieldwork, his case-studies of clinical work, and his interviews with teachers, senior practitioners and trainees. This book is written to be accessible to all those who have an interest in the therapeutic profession from the professional (whether psychotherapist or anthropologist) to the trainee and general reader.

Contents:

Cover; Copy Right; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Rise and Fall of the Psychodynamic; 2. The Therapeutic Encounter; 3. Irony in the Therapeutic Encounter; 4. The Seminar Encounter: The Transmission of Psychodynamic Knowledge; 5. Deflecting Doubt, Maintaining Certainty; 6. Clinical Supervision; 7. Illness Aetiologies and the Susceptibilities of Training; 8. The Transformed Practitioner; 9. The Conclusion; Appendix One. The Distinction Between Analytic and Interpersonal or 'Object Relations' Therapy; Appendix Two. The Genealogical Structure

Appendix Three. Curricula of Training Institutes in the BCPBibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-305) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-92137-3

0-429-90714-1

0-429-48237-X

1-282-77985-0

9786612779855

1-84940-814-9

9780429482373

OCLC:

729246198