Intersubjectivity in psychoanalysis

Renik, Owen; Spillius, Elizabeth Bott

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“…The intersubjective perspective provides new meanings to many traditional psychoanalytic terms, such as neurosis (Levenson, 2005, p. 65) and countertransference (Gerhardt et al, 2000;Renik andSpillius, 2004, p. 1054). What about defence, the concept investigated in this paper?…”

Section: The Baby As Subject or Inter-subject?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Infantile defences in parent‐infant psychotherapy: The example of gaze avoidance

Salomonsson

2016

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

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Findings from parent-infant observational research have stimulated the development of intersubjective models of psychotherapeutic action. These models have brought out the infant as an interactive partner with the parent. Conversely, interest in describing the individual psyche of the baby has decreased, especially the unconscious levels of his/her experiences and representations. In parallel, clinicians and researchers have been less prone to apply classical psychoanalytic concepts when describing the internal world of the infant. The author argues that this is inconsistent with the fact that psychoanalytic theory, from its inception, was founded on speculations of the infant's mind. He investigates one such concept from classical theory; the defence. Specifically, he investigates if selective gaze avoidance in young babies may be described as a defence or even a defence mechanism. The investigation links with Selma Fraiberg's discussion of the phenomenon and also with Freud's conception of defence. The author also compares his views on the baby as a subject with those suggested by infant researchers, for example, Stern and Beebe. The discussion is illustrated by vignettes from a psychoanalytic therapy with a 3 month-old girl and her mother.

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Section: The Baby As Subject or Inter-subject?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Infantile defences in parent‐infant psychotherapy: The example of gaze avoidance

Salomonsson

2016

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

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“…. Some contemporary authors believe these two mechanisms are, for practical purposes, one and the same (Renik 2004). [unconsciously identify with that which has been projected]" (Gabbard 2010).…”

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Difficult Psychiatric Consultations

Delgado¹

2014

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“…At the other extreme is Renik's (2004a) claim for the irreducible subjectivity of the psychoanalyst, so that only unreliable perspectives on each other are possible. Intersubjectivity is a cycle of impressions, each molded by the other's impressions.…”

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Links and Perspectives on the Individual and The Group

Hinshelwood¹

2012

The Psychoanalytic Quarterly

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Intersubjectivity in psychoanalysis

Cited by 15 publications

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Infantile defences in parent‐infant psychotherapy: The example of gaze avoidance

Infantile defences in parent‐infant psychotherapy: The example of gaze avoidance

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