Yet what therapists and ethnographers do is remarkably alike. Both involve participant
observation. At least, ethnography straightforwardly involves the attempt to participate, to the …

This chapter derives from six months' participation in clinical group supervision as a
participating psychotherapeutic practitioner. These weekly sessions comprised three trainee …

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ANTHROPOLOGY and psychoanalysis both de-pend on listening to the speaking human
subject. They listen to hear and reconstruct the other's inner experience—the analyst to …

To social anthropologists an affinity with psychotherapy lies in the view that this discipline is
a social science. Increasingly, social anthropologists offer comments and analyse their own …

Examines how psychotherapy serves as an instrument of culture, drawing on a cultural and
narrative view. The usefulness of this view is illustrated with a case that follows. Implications …

IN THIS PAPER Iwill FIRST review what I mean by its title, then establish a framework for
comparing and contrasting our two traн ditions of anthropology and psychoanalysis, and …

Anthropology and psychoanalysis have much in common. The ability to listen, for example,
is crucial to both disciplines. The approach psychoanalysis takes to mental illness is to listen …

The question of who or what initiates cultural therapy is central to any effort to understand
how to do it. Even as I make this statement-and as one who on several occasions has …

The assumption that such a delicate practice as therapy is universal is a fault belonging to
the past. The universality of therapy has been questioned for a long time without any …