Reflections on Therapeutic Action and the Origins of Psychic Life

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8335462
AutoresHoward B Levine (autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen68
Número1
Páginas9-25
Fecha de publicación2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0003065120906139
PMID32183570
OpenAlexW3011975983
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas10

Psychoanalysis has seen a shift in emphasis regarding therapeutic action and technique. A predominant focus on the uncovering or reintegrating of repressed, disguised, or split-off contents has moved to include the intersubjective creation, development, and strengthening of psychic processes and capabilities. The analyst’s role in this process has been analogized to that of the primary maternal object in the origins of psychic life. This metaphor illuminates the movement from unrepresented to represented psychic states in treatment, as seen in a clinical example from the analysis of a particularly withdrawn young adult

Action (physics) · Metaphor · Object (grammar) · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications