Neutrality, tenderness and the analyst's subjectivity
Reflections on the analytic relationship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6130484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anders Zachrisson (University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 86-94 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0106-2301 • E-ISSN: 1600-0803 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01062301.2008.10592836 |
| OpenAlex | W294234124 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
Addressing the rôle of the analyst in the psychoanalytic relationship, the author takes issue with the emphasis on acknowledging the analyst's subjectivity and the critique of concepts like neutrality and abstinence as these issues are presented in the relational tradition. He advocates a better articulation and emphasis of these concepts in the service of understanding the impact of the analyst's subjectivity, and demonstrates how the mere loosening up of analytic neutrality and abstinence and an acceptance of the analyst's self-disclosure make transference analysis more difficult to handle. Such an attitude also increases the risk for ethically dubious conduct, since there is a close link between clinical methods and ethical standards in psychoanalysis. In conclusion, the author points to the importance of the analyst's continuous self-reflection and countertransference analysis
Abstinence · Articulation (sociology) · Countertransference · Epistemology · Neutrality · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Subjectivity · Transference · Law · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
Tradition and Change in Psychoanalysis
Analytic Interaction
On the Question of Self-Disclosure by the Analyst
On misreading and misleading patients
The myths of free association and the potentials of the analytic relationship
Toward a Definition of Psychoanalytic Neutrality
The Play of Transference
Finding the Neutral Position
The Analyst's pArticipation
Countertransference, Conflictual Listening, and the Analytic Object Relationship
The function of the frame
Analytic work with adolescents
The so-called rule of abstinence revisited
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2014 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |