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Published on: June 12, 2020
EMBRACING DISAPPOINTMENT AS PSYCHOANALYTIC PRAXIS
1Yale University School of Medicine, 1 Long Wharf Drive, SATU, Box 30, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA. matthew.steinfeld@yale.edu.
Abstract:
Psychoanalysis involves studying how people maintain not knowing what they "know." As a result, how psychoanalytic psychotherapists orient toward what their patients may be experiencing but cannot say is at the core of psychoanalytic praxis. Jeremy Safran's unique psychoanalytic sensibilities were a model for how to yield to feeling states and relational dynamics that are at the heart of therapeutic action, but which all too frequently get bypassed. This brief recollection highlights how Safran's commitment to open inquiry and mutuality-not just with his patients but also with his students-continues to impact the field.
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