Analyzability and Capacity for Change in Middle Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20326592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natalie Shainess (140 East 83rd Street, New York, New York 10028., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 385-403 |
| Publication date | 1979-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-3604 • E-ISSN: 1943-2860 |
| Publisher | Guilford Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1521/jaap.1.1979.7.3.385 |
| PMID | 457510 |
| OpenAlex | W2418259950 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The stimulus for this paper was the analyst's surprise at the capacity for change in a number of middle-aged patients, some of whom would not have been considered good analytic prospects even if young, especially since they had all had extensive, unsuccessful previous psychiatric and psychoanalytic treatment, in two instances with the author herself. Factors of change in what now constitutes "old age," and of analyzability, rigidity, motivation and readiness for change, countertransference factors, and the significance of a late-appearing corrective emotional experience were all considered, along with a brief re-evaluation of what the analytic process really is, and how change comes about
Anxiety · Countertransference · Developmental psychology · Emotional disorder · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Surprise · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 1984 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |