Mind of the Paedophile - Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Psychoanalytic Perspectives. The Mind of the Paedophile discusses one of the most controversial and misunderstood subjects in the psychoanalytic arena today - paedophilia. A variety of treatments and therapies, including brain surgery, electric shock treatment and incarceration, have not succeeded in treating this condition.

List of contents

Series Foreword , Preface , The Mind of the Paedophile , Introduction , A psychoanalytic classification of the paedophilias: two clinical illustrations , Dogman: a prepsychotic paedophile , Juvenile paedophilia: the psychodynamics of an adolescent , The usefulness of self psychology in understanding and treating a case of homosexual paedophilia , Some comments on ritualized paedophilia and the sexual abuse of children , The consequences of child sexual abuse: a brief survey

About the author

Loretta R Loeb

Summary

The Mind of the Paedophile discusses one of the most controversial and misunderstood subjects in the psychoanalytic arena today - paedophilia. A variety of treatments and therapies, including brain surgery, electric shock treatment and incarceration, have not succeeded in treating this condition. In this volume, a range of eminent and expert professionals go further: into the mind of the paedophile, using dream interpretation, free association, fantasies and memories, in a bid to comprehend the exact nature; the how, when and why, of paedophilia.

Product details

• Authors: Loretta R. Loeb
• Assisted by: Charles W. Socarides (Editor), Brett Kahr (Editor of the series), Estela Welldon (Editor of the series), Loretta R. Loeb (Co-editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367107406
• ISBN: 978-0-367-10740-6
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis