In a time of theoretical expansion and change, don’t throw babies out with the bath water
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8971461 |
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| Authors | Sally Weintrobe (British Psychoanalytical Society, London, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 420-426 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207578.2024.2350211 |
| PMID | 39008045 |
| OpenAlex | W4400650515 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Various challenges faced by the psychoanalyst when moving from "on the couch" work to "off the couch" work are raised and discussed. It is argued that the biggest challenges concern methodology: what now constitutes the analytic setting and field, and what counts as analytic data? The author describes some of the methodological challenges she has faced so far in studying climate change denial at individual, group, cultural and political levels. She raises potential pitfalls with "off the couch" work, that include overgeneralisations and assuming one can directly apply insights gained "on the couch" to wider contexts. In conclusion, she reflects that her training and practice working with individuals on the couch has proved bedrock in working "off the couch
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| Highly cited | No |
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