Learning from the Unconscious

Psychoanalytic Approaches in Educational Psychology

Christopher Arnold, Dale Bartle, Xavier Eloquin
Confer Books
352 pages
ISBN: 978-1913494230
March 2021

As individuals engaged with children and those around them, educational psychologists enter a multitude of systems and relationships with the intention of helping. This often involves working in a context of confusion, conflict and creativity, a dynamic tension which is reflected in the chapters of this book. Designed to give both students and practitioners access to the experience of engaging with a dynamic unconscious, this volume investigates some of the key tenets and principles of psychoanalytic theory and demonstrates ways in which educational psychologists have used both theory and practice in their roles.