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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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THE EMPTY COUCH The taboo of ageing and retirement inpsychoanalysis; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Prologue; Part I: Growing older as psychoanalysts; 1 The ageing psychoanalyst: Thoughts on preparing for a life without the couch; 2 Does an elderly psychoanalyst have a role to fill?; 3 Later, perhaps ... Transience and its significance for the psychoanalyst; 4 Psychoanalyst: A profession for an immortal?; 5 Growing older as an analyst: Problems of ethics and practice based on personal experience; 6 Narcissistic challenges for ageing analysts |
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15 Psychoanalyst assistance committees: Philosophy and practicalities16 Now is the time for action: The professional will: An ethical responsibility of the analyst and the profession; 17 The ageing candidate: Will the empty couch become an empty institute?; Bibliography for Part III; Epilogue; Index |
| Summary |
The Empty Couch is an introduction to the challenges and obstacles inherent in ageing as a psychoanalyst. It addresses the previously neglected issue of ill health, as well as the significance of ageing for psychoanalysts, exploring the analyst's attitude towards getting older, impermanence and sense of time and space.? Covering a wide range of topics Gabriele Junkers brings together expert contributors who discuss the problems of getting physically ill and how to conduct psychoanalysis as an ill therapist. Chapters also address the effects that a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Psychoanalysts.
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Retired scientists.
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Retirement -- Psychological aspects
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Aging -- Psychological aspects.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Movements -- Psychoanalysis.
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Aging -- Psychological aspects
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Psychoanalysts
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Retired scientists
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Retirement -- Psychological aspects
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Junkers, Gabriele.
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| ISBN |
9781135946388 |
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1135946388 |
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9781299386761 |
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1299386768 |
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