Dear Candidate: Analysts from around the World , Busch Hardcover..

Taylor & Francis

Dear Candidate: Analysts from around the World Offer Personal Reflections on Psychoanalytic Training, Education, and the ProfessionAuthor(s): Fred Busch\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367617639, 978-0367617639\nSynopsis\nIn this first-of-kind book, senior psychoanalysts from around the world offer personal reflections on their own training, what it was like to become a psychoanalyst, and what they would like most to convey to the candidate of today. \n\nWith forty-two personal letters to candidates, this edited collection helps analysts in training and those recently entering the profession to reflect upon what it means to be a psychoanalytic candidate and enter the profession. Letters tackle the anxieties, ambiguities, complications, and pleasures faced in these tasks. From these reflections, the book serves as a guide through this highly personal, complex, and meaningful experience and helps readers consider .