Empathic Understanding
A Review Of The Concept And Some Theoretical Considerations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20570201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Franz Basch (55 East Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602), Pamela Della McGrath, Barbara Hartigan, Hamish Holewa (0000-0002-7042-2327), Maryanne Skarparis |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-126 |
| Publication date | 1983-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000306518303100104 |
| OpenAlex | W6681414 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 54 |
| References cited | 20 |
A review of the psychoanalytic literature shows that empathy has always played an important part in the practice of psychoanalysis, but that as a concept it has not been well understood. This confusion and a certain mistrust of empathy that it engenders were traced to an incomplete understanding of the meaning of the term, and to the lack of an affect theory that could explain the communication involved in the empathic process. These problems were examined and suggestions for their resolution were made. A line of affective development that culminated in empathic understanding was proposed. An operational approach to empathy was described and the role of empathy as the basis for and the prelude to psychoanalytic interpretation was discussed.
Causation · Confusion · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Honesty · Psychoanalysis · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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The Adolescent Crack Dealer
Treating the Hospitalized Borderline Patient
Insight, Empathy, and Internalization
Intersubjectivitiy, Creative Uncertainty, and Systems Theory—An Approach to the Clinical Use of Empathy
Iconic, Indexical, and Symbolic Understanding
Empathy and Its Influence on Sexual Misconduct
Walking away from VR as “empathy-machine” via indigenous immersions
Psychoanalysis and the disenfranchised
Visions of the Self
Listening to All of You with All of Me
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Empathy, Counteridentification, Countertransference
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Beyond Empathy
The Fundamental Importance of Simple Operational Definitions of Introspection and Empathy
A Conjoint Phase of Treatment Involving a Severely Disturbed Adolescent Boy and His Father
Empathy in Client-Centered Therapy
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Monitoring The Analytic Surface
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The Enduring Presence of Heinz Kohut
Some Thoughts on Empathy and Countertransference
Mobilizing Fundamental Modes of Development
Empathy and Analogy
The Changing Place of Empathy in Welfare Economics
Reception of television narration as a socio-cognitive process
The Mechanism of Empathy and Relationship Commitment Through Emojis
The Experience of Empathy in Everyday Relationships
Affect as Amplification
The expression of the emotions in man and animals.
Emotions
Psychoanalytic Theory and the Psychoanalytic Process
Empathy
The Metapsychology of the Analyst
Fantasy and Identification in Empathy
The Development and Distortions of Empathy
The Concept of Affect
Toward A Theory of Affects
Empathy Between Infant and Mother
Introspection, Empathy, and Psychoanalysis An Examination of the Relationship between Mode of Observation and Theory
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Generative Empathy in the Treatment Situation
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| Unique citing works | 54 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,32 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2026 (42) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 53 |