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  • Psychology
  • Psychotherapy
  • Psychoanalysis

Background:

  • Psychoanalysis examines how individuals repress or deny certain knowledge.
  • Therapist's approach to patients' unexpressed feelings is central to psychoanalytic practice.
  • The concept of 'not knowing what one knows' is a key psychoanalytic idea.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight Jeremy Safran's psychoanalytic approach to therapeutic practice.
  • To illustrate how therapists can engage with patients' implicit experiences.
  • To underscore the impact of Safran's commitment to inquiry and mutuality.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of psychoanalytic praxis.
  • Recollection of clinical and pedagogical experiences with Jeremy Safran.
  • Focus on relational dynamics and affective states in therapy.

Main Results:

  • Safran's approach provides a model for attending to subtle feeling states and relational dynamics.
  • This method facilitates therapeutic action by addressing bypassed experiences.
  • Open inquiry and mutuality are identified as core components of effective psychoanalytic work.

Conclusions:

  • Jeremy Safran's sensibilities offer valuable insights into psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
  • His model emphasizes the importance of yielding to the therapeutic process.
  • His legacy continues to influence the field through his emphasis on open inquiry and mutual relationships.