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TRADITION, PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY
Author(s) -
Gale John,
Sanchez Beatriz
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2011.01231.x
Subject(s) - therapeutic community , psychoanalytic theory , reading (process) , set (abstract data type) , psychoanalysis , psychology , epistemology , order (exchange) , sociology , psychotherapist , linguistics , philosophy , finance , computer science , economics , programming language
abstract This paper addresses fundamental aspects of the notion of tradition in order to try to understand the foundations of the therapeutic community by drawing on the philosophy of Hans‐Georg Gadamer and the psychoanalytic thought of Jacques Lacan. The authors argue that, although a Kleinian reading of the therapeutic community has been dominant, a hermeneutic approach can enrich our understanding through its emphasis on language, community and dwelling. This leads to a discussion – with the use of case examples drawn from the authors' work in therapeutic communities for the severely mentally ill – of memory, community and remembering, full speech, and the intersubjective nature of being (Heidegger's Mitsein ) which situates us not just within tradition but within a specific set of traditions.