 | Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Eastern Orthodox Christian Anthropology in Dialogue This book vigorously engages Lacan with a spiritual tradition that has yet to be thoroughly addressed within psychoanalytic literature--the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition. The book offers a unique engagement with a faith system that highlights and extends analytic thinking. For those in formation within the Orthodox tradition, this book brings psychoanalytic insights to bear on matters of faith that may at times seem opaque or difficult to understand. Ultimately, the authors seek to elicit in the reader the reflective and contemplative posture of Orthodoxy, as well as the listening ear of analysis, while considering the human subject. This work is relevant and important for those training in psychoanalysis and Orthodox theology or ministry, as well as for those interested in the intersection between psychoanalysis and religion. Carl Waitz, PsyD is an Attending Psychologist at Boston Children's Hospital, a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School, and maintains a small private practice in Brookline, MA. His research and clinical interests include depression, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and treatment of adolescents and young adults. Theresa Clement Tisdale, PhD, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist and clinical psychoanalyst in private practice in Glendora, CA. She is also Professor of Clinical Psychology at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, CA. Her clinical, teaching, and research interests are psychoanalysis and religion/spirituality, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, spiritual formation, and addressing religion/spirituality in clinical practice. |
