Margaret Clark describes the various paths of becoming a person, and also explains very precisely and succinctly the difference in approaches to the ego in the main psychotherapeutic schools.
«Multipurpose» — a barbaric neologism from the field of modern business, is the best fit for this small but extremely capacious book. Vivid examples from the author’s practice (Margaret Clark belongs to the psychological school of development, which combines approaches and Jung) show both different ways of becoming a person, and the impact of specific therapeutic techniques. The book clarifies subtle differences in the most controversial terms. For example, he clearly articulates the peculiarity of the Lacanian method in comparison with other schools of psychoanalysis: “Lacan is the only one who sees the ego in a completely different way, as a psychic instance, the purpose of which is to distort the truthful information coming from internal and external sources; according to Lacan, the ego is inherently prone to narcissism and distortion. Other psychoanalysts see the ego as an intermediary in negotiations with external and internal reality.
Kogito-Center, 96 p.