In her conference speech given at the European Association for Transactional Analysis Conference in Geneva in July 2016, the author shows how the considerable geopolitical changes that occurred during the last decades have impacted our therapeutic work. A new figure of the unconscious has to be taken into account: the geopolitical unconscious. New constructions of identities are emerging: postcolonial, postmodern, postcommunist, mixed-race, transgender, and transclass identities. Our clinical practices are enriched and perfectly suited to our clients’ needs when we introduce the figure of metamorphosis in accompanying the process of their identity construction; when we deconstruct their previous identification yet without imposing a reaffiliation in the culture of origin; and when we help our clients to accept the multiplicity in themselves. This may lead to a better acceptance of multiplicity in the world. Then, another world becomes possible.

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Clinical Geopolitical Psychology: A New Approach Adapted to Planetary Changes and Emerging Identities
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Published online: 21 Feb 2018
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Clinical Geopolitical Psychology: A New Approach Adapted to Planetary Changes and Emerging Identities
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