The Empty Couch: The taboo of ageing and retirement in psychoanalysis

by Gabriele Junkers

Book Overview

The Empty Couch is an introduction to the challenges and obstacles inherent in ageing as a psychoanalyst. It addresses the previously neglected issue of ill health, as well as the significance of ageing for psychoanalysts, exploring the analyst's attitude towards getting older, impermanence and sense of time and space.

Covering a wide range of topics Gabriele Junkers brings together expert contributors who discuss the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415598621
• ISBN13: 9780415598620
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"