The Future of Psychoanalysis by Peter Zagermann

The Future of Psychoanalysis by Peter Zagermann

This book is concerned with the question of what psychoanalytic training should look like today. Should we go on with the system that has developed over time? Or should we abandon it, and if so, for which reasons? It provides a detailed and compelling account of the ongoing, sometimes heated, international debate about psychoanalytic training.

'A reader expecting from these pages some academic, traditional, reassuring confirmation of the previously existing educational mentality and processes in psychoanalysis could feel unexpectedly displaced and surprised by the content of some of these chaptersThis book hosts a real, innovative debate among independent thinkers who are connected by a strong, genuine interest in transmitting psychoanalysis to future generations and who reflect, without bias or prejudice, on the experiences of their own and of previous generations.'- Stefano Bolognini, President of the International Psychoanalytical Association; from the Foreword'This book is a landmark in the current discussion on analytic education. Well organized by Peter Zagermann, it brings to the reader a living debate among some of the most productive authors who have been reflecting on the controversial issue of the training analyst system. In order to revitalize psychoanalysis, it is time for a joint and courageous reflection on our educational system, its achievements and its failures. This book offers us a unique opportunity to get in touch with different experiences in many analytic centres and regions, in each one of which we can witness how the lack of open and clear debate can keep psychoanalytic education as a prey of past experience. I strongly recommend its reading to both experienced and new analysts, and I am certain that it will be astimulating bridge for the future.'- Claudio Laks Eizirik, Past President of the International Psychoanalytical Association, and contributor to this volume

Peter Zagermann, PhD, is a psychoanalyst for children, adolescents and adults in private practice in Munich. He studied psychology, art history, and ancient history at the University of Munich, Germany, before psychoanalytic training with the German Psychoanalytic Association (DPV/IPA). He is a full member of the DPV, and the author of a number of books including 'Psychoanalysis: A General Theory of Psychic Structure Formation and Pathogenesis', as well as a series of papers on psychoanalytic subjects in German.

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ISBN 13	9781782203810
ISBN 10	1782203818
Title	The Future of Psychoanalysis
Author	Peter Zagermann
Series	The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas And Applications Series
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2016-11-08
Number of pages	378
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