A New Kind of Song: Psychoanalysis as Revelation

2018 ◽  
pp. 432-456
Author(s):  
Richard G.T. Gipps
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theory ◽  
Scientist Practitioner Model

Conceptions of psychoanalysis as science typically construe its key formulations as providing posits to be referenced in inferences to the best explanation of the clinical phenomena. Such was Freud’s own vision of the discipline he created, and it is reflected in his ambition to prove his fundamental formulations warranted. The first half of this chapter argues that this approach and this ambition significantly underestimate the significance of the psychoanalytic project. The suggestion is that it misconstrues foundational—and therefore unaccountable—forms of revelation, apprehension, poiesis, and grammar as merely factual claims, accounts, representations, and posits which, as such, now falsely appear to require scientific accounting. The second half of this chapter explores the significance of this for attempts to capture psychoanalytic theory and therapy within the ‘reflective scientist practitioner’ model of contemporary clinical psychology.

The Primacy of an Independent Behaviour Therapy Community in the Evolution of Clinical Psychology

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis C. Russo
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Science Standards ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Scientific Psychology ◽  
The People ◽  
The Us ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Scientist Practitioner Model ◽  
Insight Into

Lovibond (1993), weaves an exciting first person narrative of the development of behaviour therapy in Australia. His paper, derived from his years of experience and leadership, provides rare insight into the people and programs which have shaped behavioural practice today. In chronicling these early years, he well and fully elucidates the historic shortcomings of the larger field of Australian clinical psychology to provide minimal standards for science or practice, to effectively evaluate its practitioners, or to be a potent, united voice for the scientist/practitioner model. To remedy these shortcomings, he proposes the development of a new entity, largely independent of traditional clinical psychology or behaviour therapy, to simultaneously address issues of science, standards, and practice.In the remainder of this article I should like to address what I consider to be primary issues in the advancement of an experimentally based psychology applied to human problems; to frame the current issues within professional psychology in the US which are germane to Lovibond's notions; and to lobby strongly for the maintenance of a separate and independent behaviour therapy community as the basis for the practice of scientific psychology.

The Relevance and Perversity of Psychodynamic Interventions in Consulting and Action Research

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leopold Vansina
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theory ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
Explicit Reference ◽  
Action Researcher ◽  
Observable Data ◽  
The Individual

An attempt is made to clarify the nature and relevance of the psychodynamic perspective for the work of action researchers and organization consultants. Since this perspective is grounded in psychoanalytic theory and clinical psychology, some important distinctions need to be made between the various work-domains of the consultant/action researcher and the classic individual psychoanalytic session. The author argues that without explicit reference to observable data, interventions may in fact pervert rather than facilitate learning and development. This argument is illustrated by vignettes grouped together under: (a) questionable interventions in group-relations conferences, (b) self-reflections and interpretations as a cult, and (c) the individual in interaction with the group.

Aggression: Destructive and Constructive Aspects

2000 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 609-623
Author(s):  
Gudmund J. W. Smith ◽  
Åsa Lilja
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theory ◽  
Decisive Factor ◽  
Projective Techniques ◽  
Primary Drive ◽  
Negative Affects

The concept of aggression was long relegated to the shadow of the libido in psychoanalytic theory, placed among the negative affects by some theoreticians, denied the role of a primary drive among leading writers in clinical psychology, brought to the fore as an adaptive force in ethology, and proved to be a decisive factor in the development of psychosomatic ailments. The second part of the paper reviews experiments using projective techniques, showing that highly creative subjects as opposed to ones low in creativity seem inclined to accept their aggressive impulses. A total denial of these impulses has been typical of women with breast cancer.

The Dissertation as a Component in the Training of Clinical Psychologists

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 638-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony L. Pillay ◽  
Anna M. Kritzinger
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Psychology Training ◽  
Significant Component ◽  
Clinical Psychology Training ◽  
One Year ◽  
Scientist Practitioner Model ◽  
And Training

The dissertation, a significant component of graduate clinical psychology training, is hardly ever completed within the stipulated two years, with the result that students graduate much later than they should. Against this background, the present investigation surveyed clinical psychologists who graduated between 5 and 10 years ago for feedback on their experiences of the dissertation. One hundred and thirty-seven subjects responded. The average time taken to complete the dissertation was almost three years, with a range between 6 months and 14 years. Almost 70 per cent of the subjects took longer than the stipulated time, and almost 30 per cent took more than one year longer. About one-third of the subjects had a negative or indifferent attitude prior to starting the work, and similar percentages of the sample felt they did not have sufficient grounding to start the dissertation or enough supervision while working on it. Almost three-quarters of the subjects felt the dissertation had minimally influenced their practice as clinical psychologists. The results are discussed within the context of the ‘scientist-practitioner’ model of training, and training issues in low-income countries.

Self-sacrifice for in-group's history: A diachronic perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Babińska ◽  
Michal Bilewicz
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Emotional Events ◽  
Reciprocal Process ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe problem of extended fusion and identification can be approached from a diachronic perspective. Based on our own research, as well as findings from the fields of social, political, and clinical psychology, we argue that the way contemporary emotional events shape local fusion is similar to the way in which historical experiences shape extended fusion. We propose a reciprocal process in which historical events shape contemporary identities, whereas contemporary identities shape interpretations of past traumas.

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