Comparative-Integrative Psychoanalysis

"The challenge we face as psychoanalytic educators is how to foster conviction without stultifying conformity and encourage creativity in our candidates. [Dr. Willock's] answer is the comparative-integrative approach. His book convincingly presents the theoretical, philosophical, and clinical foundations for this approach. An added bonus is his first hand account of how he presents this approach in his classroom. The challenge for our discipline is the same – how to preserve what we have learned and to continue to break new ground. I have Dr. Willock’s book and I am sure it will have the wide and interested audience that it deserves."- Arnold Richards, M.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, New York Psychoanalytic Institute, USA"Brent Willock has written something totally unique in our field: Imagine a book that grapples seriously with how to train 21st century analysts in the context of the most vital theoretical and clinical issues that we all live and breathe each day. Imagine an effort of the magnitude brought off without leaving playfulness and humor behind. Imagine, too, an author who clearly understands and addresses what lies at the deeper philosophical fault line beneath the surface tensions and cliches around classical and relational paradigms. Once experienced analysts and candidates read his engaging book, Willock will get invitations to dialogue with any Institute that wants a fresh, bracing look at its working assumptions and training controversies - a dialogue that promises to open our students, our patients, and ourselves to change."- Malcolm Owen Slavin, Ph.D., Faculty and Supervising Analyst, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis

• Part I: Innovations and Tradition in the Evolution of Psychoanalytic Thought. Revelations from a Triptych of Dreams. Toward Integrative Understanding. Mangy Mongrels or Marvelous Mutts? The Question of Mixed Models. Part II: The Comparative Integrative Point of View. Implications for Psychoanalytic Theory (and Organizations). Significance for Psychoanalytic Practice. Implications for Psychoanalytic Education. The Class Struggle. The Comparative Integrative Spirit. Last Words.