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Why Psychoanalysis Fragmented

The Complexities of Encountering Infinity (Vol. 1, Issue 29)

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Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD
Aug 01, 2021
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Veering to and fro in my usual attention-challenged manner, today I venture from west to east in the search for reasons why psychoanalysis remains in pieces. Tribalism continues to possess psychoanalytic practitioners. Kleinians insist they understand the mind in a way Self-Psychologists don’t. Some think Freud still holds the key to the truth; others, …

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