Taboo or Not Taboo? Forbidden Thoughts, Forbidden Acts in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy by Lori C Bohm

Taboo or Not Taboo? Forbidden Thoughts, Forbidden Acts in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy by Lori C Bohm

Psychoanalysis has, from its inception, been a discipline concerned with overcoming the ill effects of certain social taboos. Patients in psychoanalysis are encouraged to speak about 'whatever comes to mind', without editing, even if they believe their thoughts and feelings to be unacceptable, heinous or scandalous. This book challenges this idea.

'Few books on psychoanalysis deserve to be described as "pageturners"However, this collection of papers concerns all those topics in psychoanalysis that "cannot be spoken of". Inherently, therefore, it is one of the most intriguing books ever written by psychoanalysts for psychoanalysts. Each author reveals something that is known, yet not known, about the work that psychoanalysts do. In the current age of demand for greater transparency from professionals, this is a timely and important collection.'- Peter Fonagy, from the Foreword'This book is a living paradox. A taboo is something we should avoid talking about, yet here any sort of taboo is openly described and discussed in detail. Sex, money, spirituality, ageing and the analyst's need to retire, what analysts say to one another behind closed doors about their practice, the analyst's self-disclosures and enactments, to touch or not to touch a patient - these are some of the issues this book deals with, and the authors of the various chapters are among the most distinguished scholars in the field. Really a book worth reading.'- Paolo Migone, M.D., editor, Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane 'The editors have selected authors who courageously tackle taboo topics by boldly articulating issues that cry out for candid self-examination. The result is a stimulating, nuanced consideration of inhibitions in exploring such matters as money (eg: holding onto patients for economic reasons, accepting cash payments), sexual arousal in the transference-countertransference, expressions of tenderness, the use of non-sexual touch, spirituality, telepathy, varieties of self-disclosure, deviations from the traditional analytic frame, age-related cognitive decline in the analyst, theoretical 'heresy', and other topics that typically are avoided in psychoanalytic training institutes. Clinicians of all schools and levels of experience will derive considerable benefit from this excellent book.'- David L. Wolitzky, Ph.D,Supervisor, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Lori C. Bohm, Ph.D. Supervising Analyst and Faculty, William Alanson White Institute; Supervisor of Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, City College of New York and St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center; private practice in New York City and Hastings-on-Hudson. Rebecca Curtis, Ph.D. Director of Research and Supervisor, William Alanson White Institute; Professor of Psychology, Derner Institute, Adelphi University; Editor of 'Self-Defeating Behaviors, The Relational Self' and 'How People Change'. Brent Willock, Ph.D. President: Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis; Ontario Society for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Faculty: Toronto Child Psychoanalytic Program; Institute for the Advancement of Self Psychology. Advisory Board, International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.

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ISBN 13	9781855756236
ISBN 10	1855756234
Title	Taboo or Not Taboo? Forbidden Thoughts, Forbidden Acts in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Author	Lori C Bohm
Series	The Developments In Psychoanalysis Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2009-12-31
Number of pages	404
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