Duquesne University Duquesne Scholarship Collection Electronic Theses and Dissertations Summer 2014 Beyond Symptom Accumulation: A Lacanian Clinical Approach to Obsession - A Case Study and Theoretical Exposition Julie L. Futrell Follow this and additional works at: https://dsc.duq.edu/etd Recommended Citation Futrell, J. (2014). Beyond Symptom Accumulation: A Lacanian Clinical Approach to Obsession - A Case Study and Theoretical Exposition (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/562 This Immediate Access is brought to you for free and open access by Duquesne Scholarship Collection. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Duquesne Scholarship Collection. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. BEYOND SYMPTOM ACCUMULATION: A LACANIAN CLINICAL APPROACH TO OBSESSION A CASE STUDY AND THEORETICAL EXPOSITION A Dissertation Submitted to the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts Duquesne University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Julie L. Futrell, M.A., M.Ed. August 2014 Copyright by Julie L. Futrell 2014 iv BEYOND SYMPTOM ACCUMULATION: A LACANIAN CLINICAL APPROACH TO OBSESSION A CASE STUDY AND THEORETICAL EXPOSITION By Julie L. Futrell Approved May 3, 2013 ________________________________ ________________________________ Bruce Fink, Ph.D. Suzanne Barnard, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Psychology (Committee Chair) (Committee Member) ________________________________ Colleen Carney, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty (Committee Member) ________________________________ ________________________________ James Swindal, Ph.D. Leswin Laubscher, Ph.D. Dean, McAnulty College and Graduate Chair, Department of Psychology School of Liberal Arts Associate Professor of Psychology Professor of Philosophy iii ABSTRACT BEYOND SYMPTOM ACCUMULATION: A LACANIAN CLINICAL APPROACH TO OBSESSION A CASE STUDY AND THEORETICAL EXPOSITION By Julie L.