The empty couch : the taboo of ageing and retirement in psychoanalysis /
The Empty Couch is an introduction to the challenges and obstacles inherent in ageing as a psychoanalyst. It addresses the previously neglected issue of ill health, as well as the significance of ageing for psychoanalysts, exploring the analyst's attitude towards getting older, impermanence and...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- THE EMPTY COUCH The taboo of ageing and retirement inpsychoanalysis; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Prologue; Part I: Growing older as psychoanalysts; 1 The ageing psychoanalyst: Thoughts on preparing for a life without the couch; 2 Does an elderly psychoanalyst have a role to fill?; 3 Later, perhaps ... Transience and its significance for the psychoanalyst; 4 Psychoanalyst: A profession for an immortal?; 5 Growing older as an analyst: Problems of ethics and practice based on personal experience; 6 Narcissistic challenges for ageing analysts.
- 15 Psychoanalyst assistance committees: Philosophy and practicalities16 Now is the time for action: The professional will: An ethical responsibility of the analyst and the profession; 17 The ageing candidate: Will the empty couch become an empty institute?; Bibliography for Part III; Epilogue; Index.