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Psychoanalytic listening : methods, limits, and innovations

By Akhtar , Salman

Book information

Publisher
Karnac Books
Year
2012
ISBN
9781782410317, 1782410317
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
737 kB (754345 bytes)
Pages
181\200
Time added
2015-06-27 21:48:17
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Description

'Joseph Breuer's celebrated patient, Anna O., designated psychoanalysis to be a "talking cure". She was correct insofar as psychoanalysis does place verbal exchange at the center stage. However, the focus upon the patient's and therapist's speaking activities diverted attention from how the two parties listen to each other. Psychoanalysis is a listening and talking cure. Both elements are integral to clinical work. Listening with no talking can only go so far. Talking without listening can mislead and harm. And yet, the listening end of the equation has received short shrift in analytic litera.  Read more...

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