Freud's Free Clinics
Book • 2005
Elizabeth Ann Danto's 'Freud's Free Clinics' traces the emergence and evolution of psychoanalytic free clinics in the interwar period, situating them within broader social justice movements.
The book explores how clinicians sought to make psychoanalytic care accessible amid social upheaval and political change.
Danto analyzes institutional strategies, ideological debates, and the clinical practices that characterized these clinics.
Her work highlights tensions between outreach ideals and professionalization pressures that shaped psychoanalysis's public presence.
The study illuminates historical precedents for contemporary community psychoanalytic initiatives.
The book explores how clinicians sought to make psychoanalytic care accessible amid social upheaval and political change.
Danto analyzes institutional strategies, ideological debates, and the clinical practices that characterized these clinics.
Her work highlights tensions between outreach ideals and professionalization pressures that shaped psychoanalysis's public presence.
The study illuminates historical precedents for contemporary community psychoanalytic initiatives.
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