Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis: The Second Wave examines recent changes in psychoanalysis that have opened the door for new perspectives on same-sex desire. Authors from a variety of disciplines and theoretical orientations combine feminism with psychoanalytic and postmodern theories to celebrate diversity in gender and sexual experience. This collection of lesbian-affirmative writings addresses transference and countertransference, gender subjectivities, privilege and racism, therapist homophobia, and violence in lesbian relationships. In the past decade, psychoanalysis has undergone changes in clinical theory that have led to views on human sexuality that are less focused on what is “normal” and therapy practices that resist attempts to fit individuals into prescribed developmental models. Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis presents a variety of backgrounds (psychiatry, psychology, and social work), analytic training (formal institute training, study groups, supervision), and theoretical perspectives (self-psychology, object relations, relational psychoanalysis, feminist theory, queer theory, postmodernism, Lacanian theory) unified by the healing power of psychoanalytically informed theory and practice. --- from the publisher The book is divided into three sections—“Community: Personal and Political,” “Ongoing Clinical Issues,” and “New Thinking on Sexuality and Gender,” addressing lesbian tomboy development, the queering of relational psychoanalysis, how attachment theory and intersubjectivity can contribute to newer gender theory, and including: interviews with lesbian psychoanalytic foremothers Joanne Spina, Lee Crespi, and Judy Levitz Dr. Darla Bjork’s account of her journey to becoming an openly lesbian therapist contrasting views on transference and countertransference from gay and lesbian therapists and much more! Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis: The Second Wave is an essential practical resource for clinicians and a vital classroom tool for academics working in psychology, social work, psychoanalysis, gender and women’s studies, queer studies, and lesbian and gay studies. --- from the publisher Critical Praise “SPOTLIGHTS CUTTING-EDGE DEVELOPMENTS in psychoanalytic theory and practice. . . . THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGING. . . . With case studies, personal narratives, and new theoretical perspectives, readers are given glimpses into the complicated, nuanced world of the lesbian analyst, her heterosexual peers, and her clients. Documenting the largely unwritten history of this important integration, Glassgold and Iasenza have gathered together an impressive group of foremothers to expand our consciousness and to encourage progressive practice.” Sally D. Stabb, PhD, Co-author of The Anger Advantage: The Surprising Benefits of Anger and How It Can Change a Woman's Life; Associate Professor of Psychology, Texas Woman's University “Building on those feminist projects that have progressively changed the discriminatory face of psychotherapy since the early 1990s, THIS BOOK IS THE FIRST TO SET THE TONE FOR A LESBIAN PSYCHOANALYTIC REVOLUTION. Neither excessively polemical nor exceedingly messianic, the chapters in this book promote the need for disciplinary diversity, without compromising on conceptual rigor, ethical requirements, or clinical finesse. In light of its innovative approach and its political aspirations, this work will find appeal far beyond the community of psychoanalysts, psychologists, and social workers. The Second Wave has arrived for everyone who is concerned about the social position of lesbians, gay people, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals, and if it won't cause a revolution, one will nonetheless ignore it at one's peril.” -Dany Nobus, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Psychoanalytic Studies, Brunel University, United Kingdom |