Psychoanalysis And Male Homosexuality

Author : Kenneth Lewes
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Homosexuality, Male
ISBN : NWU:35556041229626

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Psychoanalysis and Male Homosexuality by Kenneth Lewes Pdf

This landmark book is the first and only historical, cultural, and theoretical account of how male homosexuality has been viewed - and sometimes misconstrued - by the psychoanalytic tradition, from Freud through the 1980s. In this groundbreaking survey, Kenneth Lewes reveals how the original psychoanalytic ideals of understanding and compassion have been betrayed by clinicians and theorists. Viewing Freud and his early followers in a new light, Dr. Lewes shows how they posited a surprisingly wide variety of "normal" outcomes of psychosexual development, including homosexuality. But in its attitudes toward homosexuality, psychoanalysis soon changed from an open-minded and humane discipline into an insular and calcified orthodoxy. Exposing the basis of the acrimony and alienation that have characterized the relationship between homosexuals and psychoanalysis, Psychoanalysis and Male Homosexuality is a sometimes shocking account of intolerance and hostility. But it is also the story of unexpected sensitivity as it explores the possibilities - as well as the limits - of psychoanalysis as a humane science.

Author : Richard C. Friedman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1990-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300047452

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Male Homosexuality by Richard C. Friedman Pdf

Discusses gender identity, homosexuality, as arrested development, sexual preference, character pathology, masochism, sexual fantasy, and psychoanalysis

Author : Kenneth Lewes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Male homosexuality
ISBN : OCLC:760848237

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The Psychoanalytic Theory of Male Homosexuality by Kenneth Lewes Pdf

Author : Jack Drescher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317771326

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Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man by Jack Drescher Pdf

Do the conventional insights of depth psychology have anything to offer the gay patient? Can contemporary psychoanalytic theory be used to make sense of gay identities in ways that are helpful rather than hurtful, respectful rather than retraumatizing? In Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man Jack Drescher addresses these very questions as he outlines a therapeutic approach to issues of sexual identity that is informed by traditional therapeutic goals (such as psychological integration and more authentic living) while still respecting, even honoring, variations in sexual orientation. Drescher's exploration of the subjectivities of gay men in psychoanalytic psychotherapy is more than a long-overdue corrective to the inadequate and often pathologizing tomes of traditional psychoanalytic writers. It is a vitally human testament to the richly varied inner experiences of gay men. Drescher does not assume that sexual orientation is the entire or even major focus of intensive psychotherapy. But he does argue, passionately and convincingly, that issues of sexual identity - which encompass a spectrum of possibilities for any gay man - must be addressed in an atmosphere of honest encounter that allows not only for exploration of conflict and dissociation but also for restitutive confirmation of the patient's right to be himself. Through its abundance of first-person testimony from both clinical and literary sources, Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man provides the reader with an unforgettable grasp of what it is like to discover that one is gay in our society and then to find the courage and humanity to live with that knowledge. Any mental health professional - regardless of his or her sexual orientation - who wishes to deal therapeutically with gay men will find Drescher's work indispensable. But it will also be compelling reading for anyone seeking psychological insight into gay men's lives and concerns.

Author : Kenneth Lewes
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X001493215

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The Psychoanalytic Theory of Male Homosexuality by Kenneth Lewes Pdf

Studie van de psychoanalytische theorieën m.b.t. homoseksualiteit waaruit blijkt dat Freuds latere volgelingen zijn betrekkelijk liberale en tolerante opvatting hebben 'verraden'

Author : Hendrik Marinus Ruitenbeek
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0808402552

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Psychoanalysis and Male Sexuality by Hendrik Marinus Ruitenbeek Pdf

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Author : Jerome A. Winer,James W. Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317713623

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The Annual of Psychoanalysis, V. 30 by Jerome A. Winer,James W. Anderson Pdf

The issue of same-gender sexual identity has challenged our understanding of psychological development and psychological intervention throughout the century just past and continues to provoke discussion in the century upon us. Over the past three decades, psychoanalysis advanced toward a contemporary perspective, which holds that the dynamics of sexual orientation must be an important element of the psychoanalytic process, but must be approached without prejudice regarding the outcome of analytic exploration of wish and desire. Taken together, the essays in Rethinking Psychoanalysis and the Homosexualities, a thematic volume of The Annual of Psychoanalysis, provide a developmentally grounded and clinically consequential enlargement of this basic premise. The result is a timely overview of contemporary approaches to the study of sexual orientation within psychoanalysis that highlights issues salient to clinical work with lesbian and gay patients. The section on "The Meaning of Sexualization in Clinical Psychoanalysis" demonstrates the importance of psychoanalytic study of same-gender desire and sexual orientation for analyst and analysand alike. Philips considers the analyst's own sexual identity as a factor shaping the analysand's experience of sexuality, whereas Shelby, Lynch, Roughton, and Young-Bruehl, from their various perspectives, address the problem of stigma and prejudice as they distort same-gender desire and same-gender sexual identity. Two concluding sections of the book explore the implications of a clinical psychoanalytic perspective for the study of gay and lesbian lives. Timely and essential reading for all mental health professionals, Rethinking Psychoanalysis and the Homosexualities underscores the profound distance traversed by psychoanalysis in arriving at its contemporary understandings of gender, sexual identity, and sexual desire.

Author : Tim Dean,Christopher Lane
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780226139371

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Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis by Tim Dean,Christopher Lane Pdf

Why has homosexuality always fascinated and vexed psychoanalysis? This groundbreaking collection of original essays reconsiders the troubled relationship between same-sex desire and psychoanalysis, assessing homosexuality's status in psychoanalytic theory and practice, as well as the value of psychoanalytic ideas for queer theory. The contributors, each distinguished clinicians and specialists, reexamine works by Freud, Klein, Reich, Lacan, Laplanche, and their feminist and queer revisionists. Sharing a commitment to conscious and unconscious forms of homosexual desire, they offer new perspectives on pleasure, perversion, fetishism, disgust, psychosis, homophobia, AIDS, otherness, and love. Including two previously untranslated essays by Michel Foucault, Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis will interest cultural theorists, psychoanalysts, and anyone concerned with the fate of sexuality in our time. Contributors: Lauren Berlant Leo Bersani Daniel L. Buccino Arnold I. Davidson Tim Dean Jonathan Dollimore Brad Epps Michel Foucault Lynda Hart Jason B. Jones Christopher Lane H. N. Lukes Catherine Millot Elizabeth A. Povinelli Ellie Ragland Paul Robinson Judith Roof Joanna Ryan Ramón E. Soto-Crespo Suzanne Yang

Author : Bertram J. Cohler,Robert M. Galatzer-Levy
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780226113036

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The Course of Gay and Lesbian Lives by Bertram J. Cohler,Robert M. Galatzer-Levy Pdf

The authors argue that there is little support for assuming that homosexuality has a biological basis. Recognizing the many pathways that lead to same-gender sexual orientation, the authors conclude that the cause is much less important than understanding the meaning of being homosexual.

Author : Leezah Hertzmann,Juliet Newbigin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000858754

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Psychoanalysis and Homosexuality by Leezah Hertzmann,Juliet Newbigin Pdf

This important book examines the ways in which same sex desire, or "homosexuality" has been theorised by psychoanalysis during its history to date and the impact of that on clinical practice. The authors explore a brief history of the developing social attitudes which influenced the evolution of psychoanalysis, from Freud’s radical questioning of psychosexuality, to the later developments that assumed a moral high ground for heteronormativity and led to the diagnosis of other forms of sexual expression as perversions requiring treatment. The book elucidates contemporary developments in psychoanalytic thinking about sexuality from a post-heteronormative standpoint, including an examination of how heteronormative bias has relegated lived sexual experience to the sidelines. The book challenges this bias and introduces new ways of using psychoanalytic ideas as well as illustrating their relevance to clinical practice. Drawing on vignettes, the authors describe current challenges that clinicians face and discuss the dilemmas that these challenges present, both for qualified clinicians as well as those in training. By approaching "homosexuality" from a contemporary post-heteronormative position, the authors advocate a more flexible encounter in the consulting room in a way that can illuminate an understanding of all sexualities, including heterosexuality.

Author : Jack Drescher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317771319

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Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man by Jack Drescher Pdf

Do the conventional insights of depth psychology have anything to offer the gay patient? Can contemporary psychoanalytic theory be used to make sense of gay identities in ways that are helpful rather than hurtful, respectful rather than retraumatizing? In Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man Jack Drescher addresses these very questions as he outlines a therapeutic approach to issues of sexual identity that is informed by traditional therapeutic goals (such as psychological integration and more authentic living) while still respecting, even honoring, variations in sexual orientation. Drescher's exploration of the subjectivities of gay men in psychoanalytic psychotherapy is more than a long-overdue corrective to the inadequate and often pathologizing tomes of traditional psychoanalytic writers. It is a vitally human testament to the richly varied inner experiences of gay men. Drescher does not assume that sexual orientation is the entire or even major focus of intensive psychotherapy. But he does argue, passionately and convincingly, that issues of sexual identity - which encompass a spectrum of possibilities for any gay man - must be addressed in an atmosphere of honest encounter that allows not only for exploration of conflict and dissociation but also for restitutive confirmation of the patient's right to be himself. Through its abundance of first-person testimony from both clinical and literary sources, Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man provides the reader with an unforgettable grasp of what it is like to discover that one is gay in our society and then to find the courage and humanity to live with that knowledge. Any mental health professional - regardless of his or her sexual orientation - who wishes to deal therapeutically with gay men will find Drescher's work indispensable. But it will also be compelling reading for anyone seeking psychological insight into gay men's lives and concerns.

Author : Richard C. Friedman,Jennifer I. Downey
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231530217

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Sexual Orientation and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy by Richard C. Friedman,Jennifer I. Downey Pdf

This book bridges psychoanalytic thought and sexual science. It brings sexuality back to the center of psychoanalysis and shows how important it is for students of human sexuality to understand motives that are often irrational and unconscious. The authors present a new perspective about male and female development, emphasizing the ways in which sexual orientation and homophobia appear early in life. The clinical section of the book focuses on the psychodynamics and treatment of homophobia and internalized homophobia.

Author : Hugh Stevens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521888448

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The Cambridge Companion to Gay and Lesbian Writing by Hugh Stevens Pdf

In the last two decades, lesbian and gay studies have transformed literary studies. The Cambridge Companion to Gay and Lesbian Writing introduces readers to important concepts, methods and cultural and historical debates relevant to the study of sexuality and literature.

Author : Donald Moss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415604925

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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man by Donald Moss Pdf

This book discusses the never-ending effort of men to shape themselves in relation to shifting and elusive notions of "masculinity".

Author : Jack Drescher,Ann D'Ercole,Erica Schoenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781317712756

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Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians by Jack Drescher,Ann D'Ercole,Erica Schoenberg Pdf

Examine gay and lesbian psychoanalysis from a variety of perspectives! Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians: Contemporary Dynamic Approaches presents case histories of psychotherapy sessions with gay and lesbian patients, focusing on today's psychoanalytical approaches. Dedicated to enhancing the emotional, psychological, and psychiatric treatment of gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals, the book features prominent analysts with a wide range of clinical and theoretical approaches. The foremost experts in the therapeutic field address issues affecting gay and lesbian patients from psychoanalytic perspectives that respect the patients' sexual identities. Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians reflects the significant clinical and theoretical changes therapists face in dealing with issues of gender and sexuality. New ways of thinking coexist with traditional theory as paradigm shifts in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis affect the treatment of gay, lesbian, and bisexual patients. This book provides a forum to address those changes through clinical papers and discussions. Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians includes discussion of case reports that deal with: gay therapists treating gay patients countertransferential enactments of sex and gender in treatment rethinking the meanings of homosexuality psychotherapeutic treatment of gay male patients with AIDS and much more! Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians is an essential forum for the exchange of clinical information on gay and lesbian psychotherapy. The book is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, social work therapists, psychoanalysts, and anyone interested in today's psychoanalytic approaches to homosexuality.