Discussion: On some contributions of the interpersonal tradition to contemporary psychoanalytic praxis

Writers identified with the interpersonal psychoanalytic tradition are primarily responsible for initiating the relational turn in psychoanalysis: the evolution from an objectivist one-person model of analytic praxis to that of an intersubjective, two-person paradigm. The two papers discussed here focus on two qualities in the analyst-curiosity and spontaneity-and how these elements of the analyst's subjectivity have helped lead to a potential enrichment of patients' responsivity to analytic engagement.