Minding the Body: The body in psychoanalysis and beyond
Alessandra Lemma
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Minding the Body: The Body in Psychoanalysis and Beyond outlines the value of a psychoanalytic approach to understanding the body and its vicissitudes and for addressing these in the context of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. The chapters cover a broad but esoteric range of subjects that are not often discussed within psychoanalysis such as the function of breast augmentation surgery, the psychic origins of hair, the use made of the analyst's toilet, transsexuality and the connection between dermatological conditions and necrophilic fantasies. The book also reaches `beyond the couch' to consider the nature of reality television makeover show. ... Read more
Minding the Body: The Body in Psychoanalysis and Beyond outlines the value of a psychoanalytic approach to understanding the body and its vicissitudes and for addressing these in the context of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. The chapters cover a broad but esoteric range of subjects that are not often discussed within psychoanalysis such as the function of breast augmentation surgery, the psychic origins of hair, the use made of the analyst's toilet, transsexuality and the connection between dermatological conditions and necrophilic fantasies. The book also reaches `beyond the couch' to consider the nature of reality television makeover show. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
New Library of Psychoanalysis 'Beyond the Couch' Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415718608
SKU
V9780415718608
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Ref
99-3
About Alessandra Lemma
Alessandra Lemma is Director of the Psychological Therapies Development Unit at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. She is a Consultant Adult Psychotherapist at the Portman Clinic. She is also a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society, Visiting Professor in the Psychoanalysis Unit at University College London and Honorary Professor of Psychological Therapies in the School of Health and ... Read more
Reviews for Minding the Body: The body in psychoanalysis and beyond
`Lemma has become one of the modern leaders in psychoanalysis. Her contribution to understanding this most fundamental of psychoanalytic concerns - our relationship to our bodies - has been immense and is growing. This book is an essential source of inspiration for clinicians to help them listen to and hear their patients' deepest concerns more clearly. An extraordinary achievement.'- Peter ... Read more