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  • Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Environmental Psychology

Background:

  • Climate change evokes significant anxieties in individuals.
  • These anxieties can manifest within the psychoanalytic setting.
  • Both patients and analysts are emotionally and concretely affected by climate change.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore countertransference dynamics when climate change anxieties arise in psychoanalysis.
  • To examine the impact of these anxieties on the analyst-analysand relationship.
  • To discuss psychoanalytic techniques for addressing climate anxieties.

Main Methods:

  • The paper presents a theoretical discussion based on psychoanalytic principles.
  • It analyzes the concept of countertransference in the context of climate change.
  • It explores defense mechanisms employed by both patients and analysts.

Main Results:

  • Climate anxieties can create a unique countertransference situation where both patient and analyst experience anxiety.
  • Unconscious defenses may prevent the open expression or recognition of climate concerns in therapy.
  • Analysts may struggle with their own anxieties, oscillating between hope and hopelessness regarding climate restitution.

Conclusions:

  • Psychoanalytic technique must adapt to address climate anxieties, including apathy and solastalgia.
  • Analysts need to manage their own emotional responses and defenses.
  • The analyst's capacity to tolerate distress is crucial for analyzing climate-related anxieties.