Is Another Psychoanalysis Emerging?

Abstract

This article analyzes and contextualizes findings of an online survey documenting transformations in psychoanalytic practice. The findings indicate that a number of contemporary practitioners challenge the premise that psychoanalysis is only available to a higher-income group, also associated with mainstream gender and sexualities, and racial and ethnic ideals of whiteness. The first step of a multistage exploratory research study gathered a sample of 243 respondents, a majority of whom practice in the United States. Almost all of the respondents (99.17%) reported engagement in clinical work with populations historically considered underserved. This suggests possibilities for the emergence of a new psychoanalysis and initiates the project of mapping the inclusive practice of psychoanalysis today.

Keywords: clinical practice; community psychoanalysis; geo-psychoanalysis; inclusivity; minorities; underserved populations.