Beyond Postmodernism: New Dimensions in Clinical Theory and Practice

Simon Fraser Univ., Vancouver, Canada. Discusses the relationship between psychoanalysis and postmodernism. Topics include multiplicity and relational psychoanalysis, trauma and human existence, and naturalizing relational psychoanalytic theory. For psychotherapists. Hardcover, softcover available. DNLM: Postmodernism.

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