Full Description
This book represents a vital strand in the evolution and refinement of a complex debate. It is based on the International Psychoanalytical Association Interregional Conference on Confidentiality and Society, held in Montreal in October 2000 and hosted by the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society.
Contents
Section One: Thinking about Confidentiality 1. Confidentiality as a Virtue 2. Trust, Confidentiality, and the Possibility of Psychoanalysis 3. Having a Thought of One's Own 4. The Why of Sharing and Not the What: Confidentiality and Psychoanalytic Purpose 5. Civic Confidentiality and Psychoanalytic Confidentiality Section Two: Dilemmas in Treatment, Research, and Training 6. Some Reflections on Confidentiality in Clinical Practice 7. Psychoanalytic Research and Confidentiality: Dilemmas 8. Confidentiality and Training Analyses 9. Confidentiality, Reporting, and Training Analysis 10. Confidentiality, Privacy, and the Psychoanalytic Career Section Three: Clinical Practice 11. The Early History of the Concept of Confidentiality in Psychoanalysis 12. Confidentiality in Psychoanalysis: A Private Space for Creative Thinking and the Work of Transformation 13. Whose Notes are They Anyway? 14. Outing the Victim: Breaches of Confidentiality in an Ethics Procedure Section Four: Professional Ethics and the Law 15. Confidentiality and Professionalism 16. Psychoanalytic Ethics: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far? 17. We Have Met the Enemy and He (Is) was Us 18. The American Psychoanalytic Association's Fight for Privacy 19. Legal Boundaries on Conceptions of Privacy: Seeking Therapeutic Accord 20. The Right to Privacy: A Comment on the Production of Complainants' Personal Records in Sexual-Assault Cases Section Five: Epilogue 21. A Psychoanalyst Looks at the Witness Stand Anne Hayman
