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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459442403321

Autore

Ambrosio Giovanna

Titolo

Transvestism, Transsexualism in the Psychoanalytic Dimension / / by Giovanna Ambrosio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , [2018]

©2009

ISBN

0-429-90903-9

0-429-48426-7

1-282-78024-7

9786612780240

1-84940-802-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Controversies in psychoanalysis series

Disciplina

150.195

Soggetti

Sex (Psychology)

Gender identity - Psychological aspects

Transgenderism - Psychological aspects

Transsexualism

Psychoanalysis

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

Transvestism, transsexualism, transgender : identification and imitation / Simona Argentieri -- Some thoughts on transsexualism, transvestism, transgender, and identification / Colette Chiland -- Between Scylla and Charybdis : exploring atypical gender identity development in children and adolescents / Domenico Di Ceglie -- Atypical gender identity development : on biological and psychological factors, discussion of Domenico Di Ceglie's papers / Eulàlia Torras de Beà -- Transference and countertransference in group analysis with gender dysphoric patients / Estela V. Welldon -- Counterpoints / Jacqueline Amati Mehler.

Sommario/riassunto

'From time to time we listen to some curious views on psychoanalysis as an old fashioned and useless discipline, more important from an



historical perspective than as a tool for understanding human life in its normal and pathological dimensions, as well as an effective therapeutic instrument. This book on transsexualism and transvestism shows exactly how psychoanalysis can reflect, discuss, dialogue and formulate useful insights on one of the most challenging situations that nowadays confront all members of the mental health community. The author assembled this group of distinguished analytic thinkers, all of them with deep experience in the field of human sexuality, and asked them to contribute both to the attempt of understanding these relatively new forms of expression of human sexuality and what kind of interrelations psychoanalysis can offer. My own experience in the supervision of analytic psychotherapy with these patients shows me how simultaneously difficult and fascinating is the journey of each analyst or therapist who attempts to treat those patients.