The Impact of Pluralism

Authors: Herron WG* and Javier RA

DOI: 10.23880/pprij-16000214

Volume 4, Issue 4

Abstract

Pluralism describes the different theoretical views and clinical practices that constitute psychoanalysis today. Pluralism has replaced orthodoxy in a remarkable shift that opens the field to new ideas and possibilities for improving psychoanalysis. The current situation of competitive models without consensus limits efficacy. There is a need for a comprehensive model that is flexible and develops empirical evidence in support of theory and practice. The best possibility lies with the integration of the old and the new in a more expansive view of human development. As orange became the new black, pluralism is the new psychoanalysis [1-3]. Our purpose is to discuss the changes that involves and how they can be most effective in the practice of psychoanalysis.

Keywords: Pluralism; Psychoanalysis; Orange

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