Book Announcement by William J. Coburn (USA)
William Coburn’s 2014 book, part of Routledge’s Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series, has recently been translated into and published in Chinese.
Psychoanalytic Complexity explores and delineates two essential themes: 1) the nature, meaning, and clinical utility of psychoanalytic complexity (the application of complexity theory to contemporary psychoanalysis), including its historical roots and contemporary renditions, and 2) the role of implicit and explicit attitudes as they bear on therapeutic action and change in the clinical setting. It renders psychoanalytic complexity theory more accessible to theorists and clinicians who previously have felt mystified and perplexed by this seemingly arcane perspective. Coburn also revisits and contemporizes our past and current understanding of a variety of viewpoints on therapeutic action and change.
William J. Coburn, Ph.D., Psy.D. is a psychoanalyst and licensed clinical psychologist in West Los Angeles. He is Founding Editor Emeritus of Psychoanalysis, Self and Context (formerly the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology), Associate Editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues, and an Editorial Board Member of Psychoanalytic Inquiry. He is a Faculty Member and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. Psychoanalytic Complexity: Clinical Attitudes for Therapeutic Change (2014, 2021, Routledge) is his most recent book.
William J. Coburn, Ph.D., Psy.D.
Los Angeles, California
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