From Obstacle to Ally: The Evolution of Psychoanalytic Practice

by Judith M. Hughes

From Obstacle to Ally explores the evolution of the theory and practice of psychoanalysis through an investigation of historical examples of clinical practice. Beginning with Freud's experience of the problem of transference, this book is shaped around a series of encounters in which psychoanalysts have managed effectively to negotiate such obstacles and on occasion, convert them into allies.

Judith Hughes succeeds in bringing alive the ideas,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583918906
• ISBN13: 9781583918906
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"