How do we know when what is happening between two people should be called psychoanalysis? What is a psychoanalytic process and how do we know when one is taking place? Psychoanalysis Comparable and Incomparable describes the rationale and ongoing development of a six year programme of highly original meetings conducted by the European Psychoanalytic Federation Working Party on Comparative Clinical Methods. The project comprises over seventy cases discussed by more than five hundred experienced psychoanalysts over the course of sixty workshops. Authored by a group of leading European psychoanalysts, this book explores ways for psychoanalysts using different approaches to learn from each other when they present their work to fellow psychoanalysts, and provides tools for the individual practitioner to examine and improve his or her own approach. As described in detail in its pages, sticking to the task led to some surprising experiences, raising fundamental questions about the way clinical discussion and supervision are conducted in psychoanalysis. Well known by many in the psychoanalytic community and the object of much interest and debate, this project is described by those who have had the closest contact with it and will satisfy a widely held curiosity in psychoanalysts and psychotherapists throughout the world. David Tuckett is winner of the 2007 Sigourney Award.
Author(s): David Tuckett
Edition: 1
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 320
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 8
Copyright......Page 9
Contents......Page 10
Illustrations......Page 12
About the authors......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Time chart......Page 19
Introductory foreword......Page 22
1 On difference, discussing differences and comparison: An introduction......Page 26
2 In praise of empiricism......Page 59
3 Before the method, underestimating the problem and the meeting in Prague......Page 71
4 The Sorrento experience: Chaos replaced by too much structure......Page 91
5 Some reflections on the problems of comparison and difference in the light of doubts and enthusiasm......Page 116
6 Reflection and evolution: Developing the two-step method......Page 153
7 Work in progress: Using the two-step method......Page 188
8 Experiences of participating: Group processes and group dynamics......Page 229
9 Some surprises: A new style for case discussion?......Page 255
10 Reflection and comparison: Some final remarks......Page 264
Appendix: The origins of the EPF ‘new’ scientific policy and the early history of the working party......Page 283
References......Page 303
Index......Page 312
