You do not currently have permission to view the full text for this document. Please sign in to an account with an active subscription or contact support.
This is a singular book, hopefully the first of a series of books by this author and others, that demonstrate in detail the effective application of aspects of Lacanian theory and technique in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with neurotic patients. It has the advantages of excellent production—good-sized, clear print, not too long a text or too large a book, frequent divisions by topics, and an excellent index—as well as being written in a very clear, engaging, self- and reader-aware style.
Throughout, Miller weaves Lacanian theory and practice into his reports of his clinical practice in a completely straightforward, transparent way, making the theory very accessible to the general psychoanalytically oriented clinician and student, and perhaps others. He has a remarkable ability to select detailed interactions with his patients that clearly demonstrate his points and the patient's movement in the therapy.
Discussions in the book are based on early papers written by Lacan and published as Écrits in French in 1966, with a selection published in English, translated by Alan Sheridan, in 1977. A complete English edition, translated