{"product_id":"treating-autism-today-laura-tarsia-9780367369897","title":"Treating Autism Today: Lacanian Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing together an international range of psychoanalytic practitioners, this collection provides a critique of mainstream models of autism, looking at the conceptual and ideological underpinnings of the behavioural and cognitive approaches popular today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first book to provide a psychoanalytic unpacking of standard non-analytic approaches, it offers a series of critical essays on mainstream assumptions, examining their history, foundations, and validity from a variety of angles. The authors consider, from the Lacanian perspective, the hypothesis of the biological-genetic causality of autism, as well as the claims of these approaches to offer effective therapy. These discussions are historically contextualised by an introduction and afterword that also provide pointers and references to further reading on Lacanian approaches to autism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout by clinical examples, \u003ci\u003eTreating Autism Today \u003c\/i\u003ewill be of interest to Lacanian clinicians and scholars, as well as psychotherapists, psychologists, and those working with children diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Tarsia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367369893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367369897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d","brand":"Laura Tarsia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993070567679,"sku":"9780367369897","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e593f7aa-2c34-4c5f-8c11-e5e49c7f22a2.jpg?v=1683322361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/treating-autism-today-laura-tarsia-9780367369897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}