Concerning the Nature of Psychoanalysis

<p>In his new book, <i>Considering the Nature of Psychoanalysis: The Persistence of a Paradoxical Discourse</i>, Gregorio Kohon describes the complexity of the psychoanalytic encounter, questioning the misguided attempts to simplify and/or reduce it to either art or science. </p><p>Kohon disputes the contemporary use of parameters offered by evidence-based medicine as a research model to study psychoanalysis. Instead, he proposes to reconsider the relevance of the psychoanalytic single case study, its importance and pre-eminence. </p><p>The present book will be of great interest to all psychotherapists, councillors, psychiatrists, mental health workers and students and academics of the social sciences.</p>