Debating Relational Psychoanalysis

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In Debating Relational Psychoanalysis, Jon Mills provides an historical record of the debates that had taken place for nearly two decades on his critique of the relational school, including responses from his critics.

Since he initiated his critique, relational psychoanalysis has become an international phenomenon with proponents worldwide. This book hopes that further dialogue may not only lead to conciliation, but more optimistically, that relational theory may be inspired to improve upon its theoretical edifice, both conceptually and clinically, as well as develop technical parameters to praxis that help guide and train new clinicians to sharpen their own theoretical orientation and therapeutic efficacy. Because of the public exchanges in writing and at professional symposiums, these debates have historical significance in the development of the psychoanalytic movement as a whole simply due to their contentiousness and proclivity to question cherished assumptions, both old and new. In presenting this collection of his work, and those responses of his critics, Mills argues that psychoanalysis may only advance through critique and creative refinement, and this requires a deconstructive praxis within the relational school itself.

Scheduled for review in the International Journal of Psychoanalysis; Psychodynamic Psychiatry; Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association; Psychoanalysis & History; Psychotherapy and Politics International; Psychoanalytic Social Work; The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review; Psychoanalytic Perspectives; Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia; Canadian Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy / Revue canadienne de counseling et de psychothérapie; The Psychoanalytic Review

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