Systems and Psychoanalysis

ContentsPART 1. THE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE SYSTEMCarmel Flaskas, Julia Bland, Sebastian Kraemer, Deborah A. LuepnitzPART 2. EMOTION AND DEVELOPMENTPaolo Bertrando, Teresa Arcelloni, David Pocock, Rolf Sundet, Vigdis Wie Torsteinsson, Jeremy WoodcockPART 3. DIALOGUE AND OTHERNESSMary Donovan, Inga-Britt Krause, Stephen Frosh, Glenn LarnerAbout the EditorsCarmel Flaskas is a social worker and family therapist, and Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of New South Wales, Sydney, where she convenes the Master of Couple and Family Therapy program. She has published a number of books and articles on the therapeutic relationship, on psychoanalytic ideas in the systemic context, and on knowledge in family therapy. In 2006, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Tavistock Clinic in conjunction with the University of East London for her contributions to systemic psychotherapy, and in 2005 she received the ANZJFT award for Distinguished Contributions to Australian Family Therapy.David Pocock is Head of Family Therapy at the Child and Family Consultation Service in Swindon, UK, and a visiting lecturer to the Bristol University Diploma /M.Sc. Family Therapy training. He is a current assessor for the Journal of Family Therapy and past member of the Editorial Board and previous moderator for the AFT/JFT internet discussion forum. He is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in independent practice and a member of the Severnside Institute for Psychotherapy where he currently chairs the Study Day Group. His published work ranges across systems theory, psychoanalysis, and the philosophical underpinnings of psychotherapy.