{"id":12615,"date":"2023-06-12T19:38:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T19:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/?post_type=article&p=12615"},"modified":"2023-06-14T21:23:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:23:06","slug":"two-books-clara-m-thompson-an-american-psychoanalyst","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/two-books-clara-m-thompson-an-american-psychoanalyst\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Books: Clara M. Thompson….: An American Psychoanalyst"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book Announcements by Ann D\u2019Ercole<\/strong> (USA)<\/p>\n

Clara M. Thompson\u2019s Early Years and Professional Awakening: An American Psychoanalyst (1893-1933)<\/h2>\n

\"\"Ann D\u2019Ercole tells the story of Clara M. Thompson, drawing extensively on unpublished archival interviews and correspondence, to provide a full and complex picture of an early American pioneer of psychoanalysis.<\/p>\n

The book begins by exploring Thompson\u2019s youth, which was steeped in evangelical Christianity, and conveys the difficulty that Thompson experienced as she resisted the restrictive conventions of femininity prevalent at the time. Despite this, Thompson\u2019s talent as a student continually shines through, as D\u2019Ercole gives readers an account of Thompson\u2019s life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she worked alongside the innovative psychiatrist, Adolf Meyer.<\/p>\n

Thompson\u2019s ground-breaking theoretical and clinical achievements continue to be celebrated, as D\u2019Ercole explores Thompson\u2019s life-changing experiences while in psychoanalytic treatment with S\u00e1ndor Ferenczi. By allowing her voice to prevail, <\/em>Clara M. Thompson\u2019s Early Years and Professional Awakening<\/em><\/a> (Routledge) recognizes Thompson\u2019s vital work in the formulation of interpersonal psychoanalysis, rendering it invaluable for interpersonal psychoanalysts wishing to understand her role in the development of the school.<\/p>\n

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Clara M. Thompson\u2019s Professional Evolution and Legacy: An American Psychoanalyst (1933-1958)<\/h2>\n

\"\"Beginning in 1933 after Sandor Ferenczi\u2019s death, Clara M. Thompson\u2019s Professional Evolution and Legacy<\/em><\/a> (Routledge), Ann D\u2019Ercole\u2019s second volume, draws extensively from interviews, personal correspondence, and scholarly essays to explore the latter part of Clara Thompson\u2019s life and professional career. The text affords an understanding of Thompson’s development with the luminaries who influenced her, and whom she, in turn, influenced, including Harry Stack Sullivan, Erich Fromm, and other “cultural” social scientists.<\/p>\n

Building on her collaborative work with Ferenczi, and influenced by Sullivan, Thompson\u2019s pioneering essays expand the psychoanalytic perspective to embrace the dynamic interpersonal encounter\u00a0between patient and analyst. Critical of Freud’s views on women, Thompson also argues against the inequality of women and men in society, reflecting her own moral compass. This volume clarifies Thompson\u2019s role in psychoanalytic history, reclaiming her numerous and valuable contributions to both the interpersonal psychoanalytic tradition and to the field of psychoanalysis as we know it today.<\/p>\n

Ann D’Ercole, Ph.D., ABPP<\/strong> is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and Distinguished Visiting Faculty at the William Alanson White Institute. She is Co-Editor of Uncoupling Convention: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Same-Sex Couples and Families<\/em> (Routledge, 2004) and author of essays on gender and sexuality. Dr. D’Ercole is in private practice in New York City.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ann D\u2019Ercole, Ph.D., ABPP
\nNew York, NY, USA
\nEmail Ann D’Ercole<\/a><\/p>\n

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