Difference : an avoided topic in practice / edited by Angela Foster ... [et al.] on behalf of the London Centre for Psychotherapy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foster, Angela, 1948-

London Centre for Psychotherapy.

Series:

Practice of psychotherapy series ; bk. 4.

Practice of psychotherapy series ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy--Differential therapeutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Karnac, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Difference is a complex and often disturbing issue. The purpose of this book is to encourage a culture of open enquiry into an emotionally charged subject which, the editors argue, has been largely avoided by the profession. Theoretically psychoanalysis is all about recognition and appreciation of difference, yet the psychoanalytic profession itself does not have a good reputation in this area. This is a courageous collection of papers. All contributors have been prepared to go into print about situations in which difference is a significant element in their work and one around which they have felt uneasy and uncertain as they have found themselves in uncharted territory. Through painstaking analysis of their experience and that of their patients and clients, each contributor provides the reader with some useful insights and guidelines for future reference as well as some clear and stimulating illustrations of effective thinking in strange and disturbing situations. What makes this thinking effective is the demonstrated ability of all contributors to preserve their analytic functioning whatever the circumstances.

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction; CHAPTER ONELiving and working with differenceand diversity; CHAPTER TWOA different kind of psychotherapy; CHAPTER THREERacism as a borderline issue:the avoidance and marginalizationof race in psychotherapy; CHAPTER FOURPredicaments in practice; CHAPTER FIVEThe pregnant therapist; CHAPTER SIXThe crouching monk:disability in the consulting room; CHAPTER SEVENPaying for love in the helpingprofessions: contradictions inherentin charging fees for psychotherapy

CHAPTER EIGHTSupervision in a forensic unit:how recycled trauma shapes thecontainer in team supervisionREFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.149-157) and index.

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

ISBN:

0-429-91271-4

0-429-89848-7

0-429-47371-0

1-283-06910-5

9786613069108

1-84940-513-1

9780429473715

OCLC:

723945233