Psychoanalysis is an intimate clinical experience, and the concepts that it explores aim to grapple with the specific phenomena that unfold when a patient speaks and an analyst listens. This book aims to give concrete examples of how these concepts take shape when analysts work. The structure of the contributions presented in this book matches this concern; drawing on a fragment of an analysis, each contribution illustrates how a notion reveals unforeseen perspectives.
Key Features
- Diverse Entries: The list of entries selected is diverse, prioritising notions encountered in international studies since the Second World War.
- Inclusion of Classical Concepts: Certain classical concepts are included when their significance has been shaped by innovative rereading by contemporary authors.
- Theoretical Reflection: Each entry grounds theoretical reflection on a clinical case, leading the reader through the incessant to-and-fro process that governs the analyst’s reflections from clinical experience to theory.
- Essential Tool: This book constitutes an essential tool for psychologists, psychoanalysts, and all professionals in the field of mental care.
Additional Information
However, not all the entries in this glossary constitute concepts; some correspond to notions, others to intuitions, and even to recurrent situations with which the analyst is confronted.
