1st Edition
Dissociation, Compulsion, and Language Games in Psychoanalysis Words Apart
1. Introduction: Wittgenstein’s Steam: Absence and Negotiation in Clinical Dialogue 2. Dissociation and Language Games in Psychoanalysis: Struck Dumb 3. Dissociation and Bewitchment in Analytic Dialogue: Having a Word 4. Maria Balaska on Wittgenstein, Lacan, and the Limits of Language: Beyond the Limit 5. Either/Or Language Games in Analytic Therapy: Yes or No 6. Therapy Beyond the Riddle: The Myth of Insight 7. Certainty and its Discontents: Words Apart 8. Living Speech and Analytic Silence: Playing Dead
Biography
Darren Haber is a psychoanalyst practicing in west Los Angeles. He specializes in treating childhood trauma, addiction, and anxiety/depression. His book, Circles Without a Center: Addiction, Accommodation and Vulnerability in Psychoanalysis was published in July 2022 by Routledge. He publishes a weekly Substack column called “Hearing the Worlds of Others” and is the winner of several analytic writing awards. He frequently teaches, and has published numerous papers in the journals Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, and Psychoanalytic Inquiry. His website is www.therapistinlosangeles.com. He is a senior member of the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and a member of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology.
