This book is an outcome of the European Conference on the theme of transsexualism held in Catania, Italy in 2006. It shows how psychoanalysis can reflect, discuss, dialogue and formulate useful insights on one of the most challenging situations that confront the mental health community.
Controversies in Psychoanalysis Series -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Transvestism, transsexualism, transgender: identification and imitation -- Some thoughts on transsexualism, transvestism, transgender, and identification -- Between Scylla and Charybdis: exploring atypical gender identity development in children and adolescents -- Atypical gender identity development: on biological and psychological factors -- Transference and countertransference in group analysis with gender dysphoric patients -- Counterpoints
"Giovanna Ambrosio is a full Member and the Secretary of the Italian Psychoanalytical Association, member of the International Psychoanalytical Association, and Chief Editor of the journal Psicoanalisi. She is the current overall Chair of the IPA Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis (COWAP), and former European co-chair of COWAP (2001-2005). Her main scientific interests include the field of the intrapsychic interaction relationship between truth and falseA"", the meanings of liesA"", and issues related to the well known problem of the confusion of tonguesA"". She is author of several essays and editor of two books - On Incest: Psychoanalytic Perspectives and Language, Symbolization, and Psychosis, both published by Karnac."
Reviews for Transvestism, Transsexualism in the Psychoanalytic Dimension
Contributors: Jacqueline Amati-Mehler, Simona Argentieri, Colette Chiland, Domenico di Ceglie, Eulalia Torras de Bea, Estela V. Welldon