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Article: Key Concepts in Psychoanalysis.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Mental Health Practice
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 Royal College of Nursing Publishing Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Author: Stephen Frosh Publisher: The British Library Pages: 112 Price: 12.95 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 0712308903
As the author of this book points out in the introduction, psychoanalysis is 'all pervasive'. Whether we are referring to clinical practice or to a personal reflection of the wider cultural context, the psychoanalytic frame can be applied during any period of reflection. Yet, psychoanalysis is a very complicated discipline and difficult to fully understand.
Consequently, training for psychoanalytic psychotherapists is extremely long and intense. Theories overlap or contradict each other and depending on which particular school of psychoanalysis ...