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Treating Autism Today: Lacanian Perspectives (The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research Library
Drawing together an international range of psychoanalytic practitioners, this collection provides a critique of mainstream models of autism, looking at the conceptual and ideological underpinnings of the behavioural and cognitive approaches popular today.
The first book to provide a psychoanalytic unpacking of standard non-analytic approaches, it offers a series of critical essays on mainstream assumptions, examining their history, foundations, and validity from a variety of angles. The authors consider, from the Lacanian perspective, the hypothesis of the biological-genetic causality of autism, as well as the claims of these approaches to offer effective therapy. These discussions are historically contextualised by an introduction and afterword that also provide pointers and references to further reading on Lacanian approaches to autism.
Illustrated throughout by clinical examples, Treating Autism Today will be of interest to Lacanian clinicians and scholars, as well as psychotherapists, psychologists, and those working with children diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum.
The first book to provide a psychoanalytic unpacking of standard non-analytic approaches, it offers a series of critical essays on mainstream assumptions, examining their history, foundations, and validity from a variety of angles. The authors consider, from the Lacanian perspective, the hypothesis of the biological-genetic causality of autism, as well as the claims of these approaches to offer effective therapy. These discussions are historically contextualised by an introduction and afterword that also provide pointers and references to further reading on Lacanian approaches to autism.
Illustrated throughout by clinical examples, Treating Autism Today will be of interest to Lacanian clinicians and scholars, as well as psychotherapists, psychologists, and those working with children diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum.
132 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 18, 2021
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January 11, 2022
Although I really enjoy reading about psychoanalysis, this book was not a pleasant experience. There were times where I still couldn't believe that this book was published in 2021 (only the up-to-date references confirmed it). It was more like reading a book from the '70s. As this is more like a collection of lacanian psychonanalytic articles, some of them are okayish, but some of the articles are formulating very serious critiques without any backing (though some of them are presenting case studies). The articles lack of references generally.. I give 2 stars and respect for the authors for standing their ground against the surge of evidence-based practice and for maintaining a dialogue.
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