Teaching, Training, and Administration in Graduate Psychology Programs
A Psychoanalytic Perspective
By (author) David L. Downing, Marc Lubin, Jed Yalof
Publication date:
18 October 2017Length of book:
218 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9781442244962
Teaching, Training, and Administration in Graduate Psychology Programs offers a unique contribution to literature by presenting psychoanalytic perspectives on the challenges of educating future psychologists. By integrating psychoanalytic theory with engaging cases and practical applications, the authors explore how psychoanalysis can foster a deeper understanding of the questions and decisions that graduate psychology faculty and administrators must face every day. This book proves to be an accessible and valuable resource for instructors, administrators, and graduate students.
This book utilizes psychoanalytic theory to conceptualize challenges faced in the teaching and training of doctoral psychology students and the dilemmas faced in the administration of such a program. The use of psychoanalytic theory to discuss larger institutional dynamics and societal dynamics is highly original and very valuable. The authors provide a textured understanding of the kinds of decisions contemporary professors and administrators face. The book provides faculty and administrators with a rich framework from which to conceptualize decisions, actions, acting out, dilemmas, etc.