Michaela Chamberlain reflects on how misogyny hides in plain sight in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, unchallenged and unnoticed. Ironically for a field whose main currency is reflection, the different treatment of women is bypassed through institutionalised misogyny.
This collection of five essays questions why psychoanalysis is the way it is and, through a case study, highlights the impact this misogyny has on the treatment of women.
A must-read for all psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and academics working in related fields.
ISBN: 978-1-912691-39-5 | Page Extent: 100
Paperback: £15.99 £14.39 | eBook: £13.99 £12.59
Print & eBook: £17.99
‘It seems astonishing that this is the first psychoanalytic book about misogyny, and about the misogyny in psychoanalysis. It is fortunate that this is such a remarkable book, lucid, incisive and accessible: and essential now to the theory and practice not only of psychoanalysis, but to all the psychological therapies.’
Visiting Professor Adam Phillips, English Department, University of York
‘This is a brilliant, necessary book – so well written and argued. I tore through it in one sitting. The case material is illuminating and overall the book manages to be critical of psychoanalysis while remaining at all times psychoanalytic. A real achievement.’
Anouchka Grose, Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research
‘This important book is a must-read for analyst and lay-person alike, providing a detailed and careful analysis illustrating why psychoanalysis as both a field of research and as a practice has a persistent blind spot when it comes to misogyny. In equal parts engaging and informative, Michaela Chamberlain draws in narrative, art, personal experience, and her detailed knowledge as a psychoanalyst to shake at the canon and ask, in eloquent yet forceful terms, for the need for psychoanalysis to take itself to the couch and examine the legacy of Freud’s misogyny that continues to infiltrate the field. […] Chamberlain has provided a text that will reverberate for readers in significant and lasting ways.’
Professor Gina Heathcote, School of Law, Gender and Media, SOAS University of London
‘Psychoanalysis can become a psychic retreat so as to avoid our own blind spots. We are all steeped in our respective eras with all the inherent defensive certainties that this social and political rootedness can engender. This has clearly been the case in relation to misogyny. It has taken some courage to write this challenging and well-crafted book. It will also require courage for male analysts to recognise themselves within it.’
David Morgan, Consultant Psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, and editor of The Political Mind series
Join author Michaela Chamberlain to celebrate the launch of Misogyny in Psychoanalysis.
She will be joined by Professor Gina Heathcote of the SOAS School of Law, Gender and Media, and Anouchka Grose of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, who will each speak on the theme of misogyny and psychoanalysis. Participants will then be invited to join them in the discussion and pose questions and comments.
This promises to be an engaging evening, so come along to celebrate the book’s release!
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