Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Defining terms and building bridges

Part of the obscurity may come from psychoanalytic language itself, which is often impenetrable. This novel, comparative work will be an essential text for any psychoanalyst or psychoanalytically inclined therapist in training, as well as clinicians and those who teach psychoanalytic theory and technique.. Psychoanalysis is often thought of as an obscure and outdated method, and yet those familiar with it recognize the profound value of psychoanalytic theory and technique. Psychoanalytic clinicians from various schools here describe the key ideas that underlie their particular perspective, helping th