This is the first book to assess bisexuality through a range of psychoanalytic and critical perspectives, highlighting both the issues faced by bisexual people in contemporary society and the challenges that can be presented by bisexual clients within a clinical setting. Examining bisexuality through the lenses of Lacanian, Winnicottian and Relational psychoanalytic theories, the book outlines the ways in which the concept is at once both dated and yet still tremendously important.
Key Features
- Includes case studies exploring countertransference responses in clinical settings.
- Utilises bisexual theory and empirical research on biphobia.
- Addresses social pressures facing bisexual men and women.
- Considers psychological effects stemming from societal challenges.
- A significant contribution to psychoanalysis and gender and sexuality studies.
Additional Information
Bisexual identities and practices have become increasingly visible in recent years, and this important book addresses the lack of critical reckoning with the topic within the psychoanalytic community. It will be of great interest to practicing psychoanalysts and psychotherapists as well as to researchers across the fields of psychoanalysis and gender and sexuality studies.
