Disquiet in the consulting room
Everything/nothing that is said here is confidential
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8982858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Meyerowitz-Katz (corresponding author), Julia Meyerowitz‐Katz (Sydney Australia) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 565-586 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-5922.12521 |
| PMID | 31418828 |
| OpenAlex | W2968325768 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Writing from experiences in the consulting room in private practice in Australia, the author refers to the layered complexity of a conflict of ethical duty which has legal and social implications. The paper explores how the ethics that are congruent with creating a safe vas bene claustrum can be diametrically opposed to the social and legal structures and processes on which we all rely. It is suggested that within the vas, analysts and analysands engage in a shared process of emotionally connected, layered, symbolic thinking. Subpoenas directed at analysts are seeking concrete evidence that will stand up in court. The paper argues that this is a category error based on ignorance and misconceptions of what analytic work entails. The intrusion of a subpoena into the vas has the potential to cause havoc in the mental health and the lives of already vulnerable, possibly traumatized and isolated individuals. It can undermine a fundamental human right and undermine the profession of psychotherapy as a whole. The paper proposes that analysts have an ethical obligation to protect the work contained within the vas from these category errors and to educate other professionals as to why we cannot provide the kind of evidence that the courts require
Confidentiality · Duty · Epistemology · Ignorance · Intrusion · Nothing · Obligation · Political science · Public relations · Secrecy · Sociology · Subpoena · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
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The New Informants
Confidentiality and paradox
The animating body
A Spinozan lens onto the confusions of borderline relations
Trauma and the transference‐countertransference
Healing the wounds of our fathers
Bearing the unbearable
Attachment, sensitivity and agency
| Highly cited | No |
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