Unmasking race, culture, and attachment in the psychoanalytic space : what do we see? what do we think? what do we feel? : the John Bowlby Memorial Conference Monograph 2005

Drawn from the John Bowlby Memorial Conference, the theme of this book addresses the often hidden and ignored subject of attachment, race, and culture. Can our individual narratives in relation to race, culture, and attachment be unmasked in the therapeutic dyad to reveal our human connectedness? The contributors explore how the conscious and unconscious meanings of therapists' and clients' racial and cultural identities shape their dialogue. Clinical accounts show how this emerges for both therapist and client in their work together. Kimberlyn Leary, a relational analyst from Boston, discusses the clinical issues in her chapter "You, Me and Them: On Relating to Race." Farhad Dalal's contribution entitled "Racism: Processes of Detachment, Dehumanisation and Hatred" provides an exploration of the origins and destructiveness of the process of "othering." Other contributors include Barbara Ashton, Cascia Davis, Zack Eleftheriadou, Irris Singer, and Kate White, who relate how their own experiences of difference enable their clinical work. Introduction To The Monograph Of The 12th John Bowlby Memorial Conference 2005 / Kate White -- Attachment Theory And The John Bowlby Memorial Lecture : A Short History / Bernice Laschinger -- Racism : Processes Of Detachment, Dehumanization And Hatred / Farhad Dalal -- Revisiting The Concepts Of Racism And Culture : Some Thoughts On The Clinical Implications : A Response To Fahad Dalal's Paper / Zack Eleftheriadou -- Difference / Cascia Davis -- Invisibility / Barbara Ashton -- Unmasking Difference, Culture, And Attachment In The Psychoanalytic Space : Don't You Make My Blue Eyes Brown / Irris Singer -- The John Bowlby Memorial Lecture 2005 : How Race Is Lived In The Consulting Room / Kimberlyn Leary -- Response To Kimberlyn Leary / Kate White -- Introduction To The Centre For Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Edited By Kate White. At Head Of Title: The Centre For Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Drawn from the John Bowlby Memorial Conference, the theme of this book addresses the often hidden and ignored subject of attachment, race and culture. Can our individual narratives in relation to race, culture and attachment be unmasked in the therapeutic dyad to reveal our human connectedness? The contributors explore how the conscious and unconscious meanings of therapists' and clients' racial and cultural identities shape the dialogue between them. How this emerges for both therapist and client in their work together is illustrated in clinical accounts. Contributors: Kimberlyn Leary; Farhad Dalal; Barbara Ashton; Cascia Davis; Zack Eleftheriadou; Irris Singer; and Kate White