Different Paths Towards Becoming a Psychoanalyst and Psychotherapist: Personal Passions, Subjective Experiences and Unusual Journeys

by Arnold Rachman (Editor), Harold Kooden (Editor)

Overview

This book describes the personal journey of a collection of contributors, detailing their pathways to becoming psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, with insights from many of the most interesting analysts in the field.

The history of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy indicates that the pioneers were individuals who came from different pathways, such as medicine, law, education, and art. The integration of men and women with different educational and career backgrounds enhance the intellectual and clinical evolution of the field. Here, Arnold Rachman and Harold Kooden have invited a diverse group of practicing clinicians to demonstrate that psychoanalysis and psychotherapy continues to welcome and integrate individuals with a wide variety of intellectual interests and atypical career pathways.

In showing how varied and personalized the route into analysis can be, this book will be of great interest to clinicians of all levels and experience, and will offer inspiration to those just entering the profession.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367523053
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/17/2020
Series:	Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Arnold Wm. Rachman, PhD, FAGPA, Training and Supervising Analyst, Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Institute, New York City; Clinical Professor Of Psychology, Gordon Derner Institute, Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program In Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy; Associate Professor Of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center; Board of Directors, Sándor Ferenczi Study Center, New School University, New York City; Donor of the Elizabeth Severn Papers to The Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Honorary Member, The Sándor Ferenczi Society, Budapest.

Harold Kooden, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He was a founder and board member of the National Gay and Lesbian Education Foundation, board member of the New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence, and founding member and community activist of Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE). Besides having authored many articles on gay psychology, in 2000 he published Golden Men: The Power of Gay Midlife.

Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

PROLOGUE: Different Paths Towards Becoming a Psychoanalyst and Psychotherapist: Personal Passions, Subjective Experiences and Unusual Journeys:, Arnold Wm. Rachman and Harold Kooden

1. My Traumatic Journey Towards Becoming A Psychoanalyst: From Phenomenology and Person-Centered Psychotherapy to Sándor Ferenczi and the Budapest School to Relational Psychoanalysts, Arnold Wm. Rachman
2. Comprehending: Harnessing oblique defiance in the formation of an analyst, Fergal Brady
3. Family Gifts and the Artful Practitioner: A Journey of Personal, Professional and Artistic Growth , Alan D. Entin
4. Imagining the Impossible: Creativity in Psychoanalytic Practice, Dan Gilhooley
5. My Dual Journey:An Autobiographical Account, Henry Kellerman
6. Improvisational Play For A Psychoanalyst-Musician, Robert J. Marshall
7. A Parisienne’s Passage Through An American Psychoanalytic World Robert J. Marshall for Simone V. Marshall
8. How I became a psychoanalyst : From Shakespeare to Psychoanalysis, from Freud and Lacan to Ferenczi and beyond, Clara Mucci
9. Journey to Peace and Love: From Priest to Psychoanalyst, Benito Perri
10. Wilderness and Psychoanalysis: A Journey of Aesthetics, Desire, and Ethics, Joseph Scalia III
11. My Path to and within Psychoanalysis, Frank Yeomans
12. The Scarecrow’s Search For A Brain: A Gay Man’s Odessey For Validation As A Psychotherapist, Harold Kooden

CONCLUSION: Melvin Bornstein

INDEX