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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458643603321

Autore

Ellerman Carl P. <1943->

Titolo

Enchantments of the clinic [[electronic resource] ] : power, eroticism, and illusion in the clinical relationship / / Carl P. Ellerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Jason Aronson, c2010

ISBN

1-282-71357-4

9786612713576

0-7657-0780-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/14

Soggetti

Psychotherapist and patient

Sex

Existential psychotherapy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: The Clinical Trenches; Part I: Themes; Chapter 1: The Erotization of the Clinic; Chapter 2: The Erotizationb of the Clinician; Chapter 3: The Erotization of Confession; Part II: VARIATIONS; Chapter 4: The Therapy of Confession; Chapter 5: The Edge of Therapy; Chapter 6: Trail of the Human Serpent; Chapter 7: The Hysterization of Incest; Part III: ABERRATIONS; Chapter 8: Anarchism and Ethics; Chapter 9: Therapeutic Sensibility; Chapter 10: Clinical Nihilism; Chapter 11: The Therapeutic Artiste

Chapter 12: Normality in the Light of MadnessChapter 13: Conclusion: After the Fall; Appendix: Freud's Ghost; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

A pragmatic existential therapist exposes a suggestive underworld of clinical experience, not only disclosing direct experience of the erotization of the clinic, the erotization of the clinician, and the erotization of clinical confession, but also showing by example that these enchantments facilitate psychological healing if managed well. Addressing clinical and cultural concerns, the philosophically-minded



dialogical therapist also offers a vigorous critique of the clinical nihilism that defines psychotherapeutic practice in the postmodern clinic.