Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Identity and Difference - 9781138192546

Taylor & Francis

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Identity and DifferenceNavigating the Divide\nAuthor(s): Brent Willock, Lori C. Bohm, Rebecca Coleman Curtis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138192546, 978-1138192546\nSynopsis\nEvery day, clinicians encounter challenges to empathy and communication while struggling to assist patients with diverse life histories, character, sexuality, gender, psychopathology, cultural, religious, political, racial, and ethnic backgrounds. Most writing pertaining to ideas of similarity, discrepancy, and the Other has highlighted differences. Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Identity and Difference: Navigating the Divide offers a different focus, emphasising points of contact, connection, and how divisions between people can be transcended. \n\nIn-depth case material, astutely elucidated by diverse theoretical approaches, furnishes stimulating ideas and valuable suggestions for facilitating a meeting o.