Neutrality, tenderness and the analyst's subjectivity

Zachrisson, Anders

doi:10.1080/01062301.2008.10592836

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“…As is likely the case with each patient who consults us, our own life experiences impinge significantly in our understanding and approach to our work. The recognition that this is inevitable, that neutrality is a problematic concept, has been a source of consternation and contention within psychoanalytic circles (Greenberg, 2001;Hoffer, 1985;Zachrisson, 2008). The impact of the therapist's past is evident in most of the reports.…”

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How Clinicians Feel about Working with Spouses of the Chronically Ill

Ingram

2015

Psychodynamic Psychiatry

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Clinicians who provide psychotherapy to spouses or partners of the chronically ill were solicited through listserves of psychodynamic and other organizations. The current report excluded those therapists working with spouses of dementia patients. Interviews were conducted with clinicians who responded. The interviews highlight the challenges commonly encountered by psychotherapeutic work with this cohort of therapy patients. A comparison is drawn that shows both overlap and distinctions between the experiences of those therapists engaging with spouses of chronically ill patients without a dementing process and those working with spouses of chronically ill patients who do suffer from a dementing process.

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confidence: 99%