Psychoanalysis as an Ethical Process by Robert P. Drozek - 9781138064447

Taylor & Francis

Psychoanalysis as an Ethical ProcessAuthor(s): Robert P. Drozek\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138064447, 978-1138064447\nSynopsis\nWhat role does ethics play in the practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy?\n\nFor most of its history, psychoanalysis has viewed ethics as a \""side issue\"" in clinical workoccasionally relevant, but not central to therapeutic action. In Psychoanalysis as an Ethical Process, Robert Drozek highlights the foundational importance of ethical experience in the therapeutic relationship, as well as the role that ethical commitments have played in inspiring what has been called the \""relational turn\"" in psychoanalysis.\n\nUsing vivid clinical examples from the treatment of patients with severe personality disorders, Drozek sketches out an ethically grounded vision of analytic process, wherein analyst and patient are engaged in the co-construction of an intersubjective space that is pr.