The Enduring Presence of Heinz Kohut
Empathy and Its Vicissitudes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8334473 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arnold Goldberg (Training and Supervising Analyst, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis; Cynthia Oudejans Harris Professor of Psychiatry, Rush Medical College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 289-312 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0003065111406269 |
| PMID | 21653916 |
| OpenAlex | W1970026511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
This paper expands upon and further develops the centrality of empathy in psychoanalysis as offered by Heinz Kohut. Using clinical examples, it differentiates sustained empathy as the distinctive component of psychoanalysis, and it demonstrates some of the difficulties in determining the boundaries of empathy in the practice of psychoanalysis. A further distinction is from mind reading, a purely cognitive exercise, as is intuition (Carruthers 2009). To pursue a psychoanalytic perception of empathy one must confront its limitations and go beyond the somewhat simplistic claim of its unquestioned therapeutic effect. Empathy is more than a cognitive act, and as sustained over time it can be difficult to achieve, can be misunderstood, and can at times have no therapeutic effect
Centrality · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Empathy · Epistemology · Intuition · Perception · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Simulation theory of empathy · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |