Clara M. Thompsons Professional Evolution and Legacy - An American Psychoanalyst (1933-1958)

Beginning in 1933, after Sandor Ferenczi's death, this volume draws extensively from interviews, personal correspondence and scholarly essays to explore the latter part of Clara Thompson's life and professional career.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Thomspon, Sullivan, Fromm, and Horney  2. Psychoanalytic Institutes and Societies: From Washington-Baltimore to New York City  3. Summers in Provincetown: From Repression to Expression  4. Creating a Tradition: Bringing the Past to the Future  5.  Evolution Revolution: Thompson's Psychology of Women  6. The William Alanson White Institute: "It's My Child"  7. Written Out of History: Death by Silence  8. The Legacy of Clara Mabel Thompson and On Touching the Future

About the author

Ann D'Ercole is a Clinical Associate professor of Psychology at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, where she is both teaching faculty and supervisor. She is also a distinguished visiting faculty at the William Alanson White Institute and recipient of the APA, Division 39, Sexualities and Gender Identities Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Sexualities and Gender Identities in Psychoanalysis. Dr. D'Ercole is in private practice in New York City.

Summary

Beginning in 1933, after Sandor Ferenczi’s death, this volume draws extensively from interviews, personal correspondence and scholarly essays to explore the latter part of Clara Thompson’s life and professional career.

Product details

• Authors: Ann D'Ercole, Ann D''ercole, D'Ercole Ann
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032257525
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3225752-5
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis