Download or read book Therapeutic Action written by Jonathan Lear and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that properly understood, irony plays a crucial role in therapeutic action. It is written as an invitation to clinicians to renew their own engagement with the fundamental concepts of their practice. It investigates the concepts of subjectivity and objectivity that are appropriate for psychoanalysts, the concept of internalisation and of transference. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with the central concepts of psychoanalysis.