New Tools For Psychoanalysis Clinical Investigation And Psychoanalytic Training In The Working Parties

Bringing together the findings from psychoanalysts across the globe this book introduces and describes the research practices utilised by the Working Parties that were created by the European Psychoanalytical Federation and later supported by the International Psychoanalytical Association. The book opens with a discussion of the epistemology of research in psychoanalysis then the various Working Parties describe their methodology and findings and finally in the last chapter an assessment is made of what contributions this oxygenating movement has made to psychoanalysis. It examines topics including individual and group work supervision clinical interpretation erotic transference and psychosomatics and contains contributions from many distinguished analysts. Providing a wealth of information on the place of research in evaluating new clinical methods and tools this book is key reading for psychoanalysts both in practice and in training. |New Tools for Psychoanalysis Clinical Investigation and Psychoanalytic Training in the Working Parties