Contemporary Controversies in Psychoanalytic Theory, Techniques, and Their Appli(English, Hardcover, Kernberg Otto)

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Contemporary Controversies in Psychoanalytic Theory, Techniques, and Their Appli(English, Hardcover, Kernberg Otto) is written by Kernberg Otto and published by Yale University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0300101392 (ISBN 10) and 9780300101393 (ISBN 13).

In this important book, esteemed psychoanalyst Otto F. Kernberg reviews some of the recent developments and controversies in psychoanalytic theory and technique. Gathering together both previously published articles and extensive new material, Dr. Kernberg examines such issues as the new psychoanalytic views of homosexuality, bisexuality, and the influence of gender in the analytic relationship. He explores the application of psychoanalysis to non-clinical fields, including the problem of psychoanalytic research and its clinical implications, the validation of psychoanalytic interventions in the clinical process, and the challenges of psychoanalytic education. He shows how psychoanalysis can be helpful in addressing such cultural problems as socially sanctioned violence. And he asserts the continued relevance of object relations theory and its compatibility with Freud's dual drive theory.