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It is a striking fact that we talk of second chances in life, but never third or fourth chances. And it is also true that only second chances reveal what in fact was a first chance. All this of course is germane to psychoanalytic theory and practice. This paper explores through ideas of repetition, deferred action, the Oedipus complex, and Freud’s notion of biphasic sexual development, the significance of second chances for psychoanalytic theory and practice.
About the presenter:
Adam Phillips is the author of the Cure for Psychoanalysis: A Day with Adam Phillips at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, and On Wanting to Change and On Getting Better.
*The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts.
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*The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors.
*The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists.
*The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists.