Full Description
Expanding Psychoanalysis explores the work of the acclaimed psychoanalyst, writer, and activist Susie Orbach.
The book studies Orbach's multifaceted career in five sections, examining her multitudinous contributions to the mental health profession, from the creation of feminist psychotherapy to the enhancement of media psychology, to the growth of political and social consultation. The book contains clinical, historical, and personal chapters, examining Orbach from a range of perspectives. Each chapter investigates a key aspect of Orbach's work and its impact on the professional, the social, and the personal level. The book concludes with an epilogue by Orbach herself.
Expanding Psychoanalysis will be essential for all readers interested in the work of Susie Orbach.
Contents
CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES
A NOTE ON CONFIDENTIALITY
INTRODUCTION.
Brett Kahr
Susie Orbach and the Modernization of Mental Health.
PART ONE.
ORBACH IN CONTEXT.
CHAPTER ONE.
Luise Eichenbaum.
A Tribute to Susie Orbach.
CHAPTER TWO.
Brett Kahr.
Radio Karnac: An Unpublished Broadcast with Dr. Susie Orbach.
PART TWO.
ORBACH IN THE CONSULTING ROOM.
CHAPTER THREE.
Jane Haberlin.
Shame and Shamelessness.
CHAPTER FOUR.
Sarah Benamer.
Embodied Intimacies.
PART THREE.
ORBACH IN POLITICS AND SOCIETY.
CHAPTER FIVE.
Andrew Samuels.
Therapists as Consultants: Experts, Relationals, Visionaries, Antidotes, Fools ... and Leaders.
CHAPTER SIX.
Roanna Mitchell.
Bodies as Profit Centres: Orbach's Work in the Context of Performance.
PART FOUR.
ORBACH IN THE MEDIA.
CHAPTER SEVEN.
Brett Kahr.
"Psychotherapy is not a spectator sport": The Dissemination of Psychoanalysis from Freud to Orbach.
PART FIVE.
ORBACH FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE.
CHAPTER EIGHT.
Kate White.
A Reflection on Susie Orbach's Work: Risking the Radical Edge of Relationship-Seeking in Theory and Practice.
CHAPTER NINE.
Valerie Sinason.
A Celebration of Susie Orbach.
EPILOGUE.
Susie Orbach.
In Dialogue with ...
SUSIE ORBACH'S PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY.
Brett Kahr.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX
