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Back to the Future

Imagination and Creativity as the Heart of Subjectivity

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This chapter provides a narrative of my experience as a psychotherapist/psychoanalyst, a parent, and a professor in a doctoral program in clinical psychology, with clinical and personal examples provided as illustrations. Looking back, I begin to see that my professional life has focused on promoting reflective thought and imagination in the hope of strengthening and deepening the personal lives of myself and others.

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  1. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, USA

    Karen L. Lombardi

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  1. Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Adelphi University, USA

    Diane Caracciolo

  2. Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Adelphi University, USA

    Courtney Lee Weida

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Lombardi, K.L. (2017). Back to the Future. In: Caracciolo, D., Weida, C.L. (eds) The Swing of the Pendulum. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-224-4_8

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