Laurence Spurling
Biographic Data
| ID | 4126232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurence Spurling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurence |
| FAMILY NAME | Spurling |
| SIGNATURE | SPURLING L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birkbeck, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5402-1956 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mapping the field of psychoanalytic psychosocial practice
On Claiming A Psychoanalytic Identity
In this paper I describe how I have struggled to find a viable identity for myself as a “psychoanalytic psychotherapist.” Such clinical entities have been constructed by employing a particular logic, that of using parameters, which sets up an ideal of psychoanalytic practice from which all other forms of practice are meant to deviate. I argue, by means of a clinical example, that this way of thinking distorts our understanding of the analytic pro…
On Becoming a Psychotherapist
On: The comments of Lesley Caldwell
On: The comments of Lesley Caldwell." The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 90(2), p. 377
Is there still a place for the concept of ‘therapeutic regression’ in psychoanalysis
The author uses his own failure to find a place for the idea of therapeutic regression in his clinical thinking or practice as the basis for an investigation into its meaning and usefulness. He makes a distinction between three ways the term 'regression' is used in psychoanalytic discourse: as a way of evoking a primitive level of experience; as a reminder in some clinical situations of the value of non-intervention on the part of the analyst; an…
On psychoanalytic figures as transference objects
One of the tasks that analysts and therapists face at a certain stage in their career is how to develop a way of psychoanalytic thinking and practising of their own. To do this involves modifying or overcoming the transferences established during their training or early career. These transferences are to one's teachers or training analyst, investing them with authority and infallibility, and to received theory, which is treated as though it were …
On psychoanalytic figures as transference objects
One of the tasks that analysts and therapists face at a certain stage in their career is how to develop a way of psychoanalytic thinking and practising of their own. To do this involves modifying or overcoming the transferences established during their training or early career. These transferences are to one's teachers or training analyst, investing them with authority and infallibility, and to received theory, which is treated as though it were …
Is there still a place for the concept of ‘therapeutic regression’ in psychoanalysis
The author uses his own failure to find a place for the idea of therapeutic regression in his clinical thinking or practice as the basis for an investigation into its meaning and usefulness. He makes a distinction between three ways the term 'regression' is used in psychoanalytic discourse: as a way of evoking a primitive level of experience; as a reminder in some clinical situations of the value of non-intervention on the part of the analyst; an…
On Claiming A Psychoanalytic Identity
In this paper I describe how I have struggled to find a viable identity for myself as a “psychoanalytic psychotherapist.” Such clinical entities have been constructed by employing a particular logic, that of using parameters, which sets up an ideal of psychoanalytic practice from which all other forms of practice are meant to deviate. I argue, by means of a clinical example, that this way of thinking distorts our understanding of the analytic pro…
Mapping the field of psychoanalytic psychosocial practice
On psychoanalytic figures as transference objects
One of the tasks that analysts and therapists face at a certain stage in their career is how to develop a way of psychoanalytic thinking and practising of their own. To do this involves modifying or overcoming the transferences established during their training or early career. These transferences are to one's teachers or training analyst, investing them with authority and infallibility, and to received theory, which is treated as though it were …
Is there still a place for the concept of ‘therapeutic regression’ in psychoanalysis
The author uses his own failure to find a place for the idea of therapeutic regression in his clinical thinking or practice as the basis for an investigation into its meaning and usefulness. He makes a distinction between three ways the term 'regression' is used in psychoanalytic discourse: as a way of evoking a primitive level of experience; as a reminder in some clinical situations of the value of non-intervention on the part of the analyst; an…
On: The comments of Lesley Caldwell
On: The comments of Lesley Caldwell." The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 90(2), p. 377
On Becoming a Psychotherapist
On Claiming A Psychoanalytic Identity
In this paper I describe how I have struggled to find a viable identity for myself as a “psychoanalytic psychotherapist.” Such clinical entities have been constructed by employing a particular logic, that of using parameters, which sets up an ideal of psychoanalytic practice from which all other forms of practice are meant to deviate. I argue, by means of a clinical example, that this way of thinking distorts our understanding of the analytic pro…
Mapping the field of psychoanalytic psychosocial practice
Psychoanalysis (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Psychotherapist (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (2 works)