1st Edition
Psychoanalytic Listening Methods, Limits, and Innovations
By Salman Akhtar
Copyright 2013
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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'Joseph Breuer's celebrated patient, Anna O., designated psychoanalysis to be a "talking cure". She was correct insofar as psychoanalysis does place verbal exchange at the center stage. However, the focus upon the patient's and therapist's speaking activities diverted attention from how the two parties listen to each other. Psychoanalysis is a listening and talking cure. Both elements are integral... Read more
Introduction , Four kinds of analytic listening , Listening to silence , Listening to actions , Listening to oneself , Listening poorly , Refusing to listen , Listening in non-clinical situations
Biography
Salman Akhtar
