Hidden Conversations: An Introduction to Communicative Psychoanalysis - Softcover

Smith, David Livingstone

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185575312X ISBN 13: 9781855753129

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

Hidden Conversations introduces Robert Langs radical reinterpretation of psychoanalysis by presenting and expanding his ideas in new and accessible ways. It is the first clear account of the theories underlying Langs approach, placing them within the context of the history of psychoanalysis and showing, for example, that Freud nearly discovered the communicative approach in the late 1890s, and that in the 1930s Ferenczi also anticipated the method.

About this title

About the Author:

David L Smith

Review:

'This book can be highly recommended as a clear and concise outline of Lang's work, which will enable more practitioners to examine and evaluate his challenge.'- Phil Mollon, British Journal of Medical Psychology'...It seemed worthwhile to go into this book in some detail, because this wants to be the wave of the future.'- John Rowan, Self and Society'This is written with great clarity. Smith argues for the importance of scientific scrutiny in psychoanalytic work and shows how the communicative approach lends itself to such study. His arguments for the importance of learning to perceive and decode accurately unconscious communications are compelling and constructive...This book presents many controversial and interesting ideas. I recommend it to practicing psychotherapists.'- Anne Nightingale, British Journal of Psychiatry

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 185575312X
• ISBN 13: 9781855753129
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 314