Analysis interminable reconsidered
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Most psychoanalytic literature refers to the interminable analysis as an inability to resolve the patient's conflicts. A productive and mutually gratifying relationship between the psychoanalyst and patient is in no way unhealthy but rather a recognition that theirs is a relationship. Therefore, interminable analysis in cases where continuing resolutions are discovered rather than an analysis that is at an impasse should not be condemned. The psychoanalyst-patient relationship is often compared to parent-child relationships which do not end when the child matures.
Publication Name: The American Journal of Psychoanalysis
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0002-9548
Year: 1993
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Symmetries and asymmetries in the therapeutic relationship
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Psychotherapist Karen Horney saw the therapeutic relationship as one of a cooperative exchange. During the therapeutic process, themes of transference and countertransference may manifest themselves and result in a change for both participants. The analyst should recognize these intimate feelings as part of the therapeutic relationship, but should adhere to the boundaries of abstinence and neutrality.
Publication Name: The American Journal of Psychoanalysis
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0002-9548
Year: 1996
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A witness breaks his silence: the meaning of a therapist's response to an adolescent's self-destruction
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An adolescent psychotherapist details his dilemma that involved the role of the therapist when the patient engages in self-destructive behavior. The author discusses when therapists should break their confidentiality agreements in order to help their patients, in this case, a 15-year old girl who practiced self-mutilation.
Publication Name: The American Journal of Psychoanalysis
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0002-9548
Year: 2001
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