Download or read book Psychoanalysis and the Unspoken written by Joyce Slochower and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do therapists not talk about? What do we ignore/miss/sidestep? What factors—personal, social, political—inform our areas of blindness? This book names and explores what psychoanalytic theory often skips over or simplifies—how, when, and why we fail to uphold the professional ideal. Turning a critical eye on her own theory, Slochower reflects on how it, she, and the field have evolved and what remains unspoken. In so doing, she pushes us to do the same. With its sharp focus on both theory and clinical work, this book is essential reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.