title: Indian Culture and the Experience of Psychoanalytic Treatment.
abstract: While there is a long history to the acquaintance between psychoanalysis and India, psychoanalytic thought has never quite taken hold in Indian culture. However, due to economic globalization, the boom in digital technologies, and the consequent increase in interactions between the East and West, it is becoming increasingly necessary to take notice of the cultural dimensions of psychological experience and its place in psychoanalytic theory and practice. This article explores how the experience of participating in a psychoanalytically oriented treatment structure may be shaped by Indian culture. Developmental, social, clinical, and technical perspectives are considered in each instance.
authors.affiliation: 275 Central Park West, #1 W, New York, NY 10024. E-mail: gkanwalmd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gurmeet S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kanwal
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy