William J. Coburn is a psychoanalyst and licensed clinical psychologist in Los Angeles. He is Joint Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and Senior Faculty Member and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. He co-edited (with Roger Frie) Persons In Context: The Challenge of Individuality in Theory and Practice (2011, Routledge).

Psychoanalytic Complexity is about the application of a multidisciplinary, explanatory theory to clinical psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Psychoanalytic Complexity: It's (Almost) All About Attitude. Complexity, Therapeutic Action and Jack. Attitudes. Two Attitudes On Personal Subjectivity. Complexity Theory and Emotional Life. Attitudes At Play. Conclusion. Notes.