{"product_id":"beyond-psychotherapy-on-becoming-a-radical-psychoanalyst-9781138362222","title":"Beyond Psychotherapy On Becoming a Radical Psychoanalyst","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2020 American Board \u0026amp; Academy of Psychoanalysis (ABAPsa) book award winner! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBeyond Psychotherapy: On Becoming a (Radical) Psychoanalyst\u003c\/i\u003e, Barnaby B. Barratt illuminates a new perspective on what it means to open our awareness to the depths of psychic life and restores the radicality of genuinely psychoanalytic discourse as the unique science of healing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with an incisive critique of the ideological conformism of psychotherapy, Barratt defines the method of psychoanalysis against the conventional definition, which emphasizes the practice of arriving at useful interpretations about our personal existence. Instead, he shows how a negatively dialectical and deconstructive praxis successfully âattacksâ the self-enclosures of interpretation, allowing the speaking-listening subject to become existentially and spiritually open to hidden dimensions of our lived-experience. He also demonstrates how the erotic deathfulness of our being-in-the-world is the ultimate source of all the many resistances to genuinely psychoanalytic praxis, and the reason Freudâs discipline has so frequently been reduced to various models of psychotherapeutic treatment. Focusing on the free-associative dimension of psychoanalysis, Barratt both explores what psychoanalytic processes can achieve that psychotherapeutic ones cannot, and considers the sociopolitical implications of the radical psychoanalytic âtakeâ on the human condition. The book also offers a detailed and compassionate pointer for those wanting to train as psychoanalysts, guiding them away from what Barratt calls the âtrade-school mentalityâ pervading most training institutes today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGroundbreaking and inspiring, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Psychotherapy \u003c\/i\u003ewill be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic psychotherapists and all other therapists seeking a radically innovative approach. It will also be a valuable text for scholars and students of psychoanalytic studies, social sciences, philosophy and the history of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the author. Prefatory note; Chapter 1: Introducing praxis: Why 'radical' and why 'beyond'?; Chapter 2: Free-associative praxis \u003cem\u003eagainst\u003c\/em\u003e interpretation; Chapter 3: Notes on becoming a psychoanalyst; Chapter 4: Psychoanalytic discoveries: Sexuality and deathfulness; Chapter 5: The psychoanalytic leap and the necessity of revolution; Notes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195257024855,"sku":"9781138362222","price":33.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-psychotherapy-on-becoming-a-radical-psychoanalyst-9781138362222","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}