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On Incest: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Name: On Incest: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Author: Giovanna Ambrosio
ISBN: 9781780495538

by Giovanna Ambrosio (Editor)

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Overview

The collection deals with a number of issues that surround incest, including Freud's work and how his outlook changed throughout the years, the post-Freudian theories, treatment of both offender and victim through traditional one-on-one and group therapy, the importance of the sex of the analyst, the permeations of the abuser/abused, and the "why" of incest. As well as addressing theory, the papers include moving and at times disturbing clinical vignettes to provide an insight into clinical practice.

Synopsis

Incest is a universal taboo that is found throughout the history and mythology of the majority of societies. A neglected subject in more recent psychoanalytic work, this book was inspired by the COWAP European Conference of 2003. On Incest explores the theories and reasons behind incest, using themes such as gender identity and perversion. This fourth volume in the Psychoanalysis & Women Series for the Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis of the International Psychoanalytical Association contains papers from leading experts in the field. It includes the papers delivered at the conference, and two additional papers from Mariam Alizade and Brendan MacCarthy, who present their accounts of the discussions as they developed during the conference.The collection deals with a number of issues that surround incest, including Freud's work and how his outlook changed throughout the years; the post-Freudian theories; treatment of both offender and victim through traditional one-on-one and group therapy; the importance of the sex of the analyst; the permutations of the abuser/abused; and the "why" of incest. As well as addressing theory, the papers include moving and, at times, disturbing clinical vignettes to provide an insight into clinical practice.This is a book for trainee and professional psychoanalysts, social workers, counsellors, community police officers, and any other professionals whose work brings them into contact with this distressing subject.Contributors:Mariam Alizade; Giovanna Ambrosio; Simona Argentieri Bondi; Monique Cournut; Brendan MacCarthy; Juan Eduardo Tesone; and Estela Welldon.

About the Author, Giovanna Ambrosio

Giovanna Ambrosio is a full member of the Italian Psychoanalytical Association and the International Psychoanalytical Association, Secretary of the Italian Psychoanalytical Association, Chief Editor of the Journal Psicoanalisi, and European co-chair of the Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis. Her main scientific interests include the field of the intrapsychic interaction relationship between "truth and the false", the meanings of "lies" and issues related to the well-known problem of the "confusion of tongues".