From Black Hole to Potential Space
Discussion of Barbara Pizer’s “‘Eva, Get the Goldfish Bowl’: Affect and Intuition in the Analytic Relationship”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21630248 |
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| Authors | Stuart A Pizer (Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 619-625 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychoanalytic Dialogues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1048-1885 • E-ISSN: 1940-9222 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10481885.2023.2257563 |
| OpenAlex | W4388690832 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This discussion of Barbara Pizer’s “‘Eva, Get the Goldfish Bowl:’ Affect and Intuition in the Analytic Relationship” locates her paper in the trajectory of her psychoanalytic contributions through 2005, centering around the analyst’s disciplined, reflective mindfulness as she creatively applies her personhood to both contain and enliven the analytic process. Specifically, it addresses her use of what she terms the “outrageous interpretation” as it connects implicitly with the affective experience trapped within the as-yet unrepresentable regions of her patient’s subjectivity. Using as metaphor her patient Julian’s ideas about black holes in the universe, this discussion suggests how Barbara Pizer delivers affective energy into psychologically imploded spaces, transforming a black hole into a potential space. Final comments focus on the caregiver and loneliness, and some speculations regarding Julian’s adamantine repetitions
Cognitive science · Epistemology · Intuition · Metaphor · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Subjectivity · Theology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
| Highly cited | No |
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