title: [Asymmetry and mutuality in the analytic relationship: lessons for today from the relationship between Freud and Ferenczi].
abstract: Against the background of the controversy between Freud and Ferenczi on the nature of the psychoanalytic relationship, Hoffer examines the perennial issue of the way in which analysts come to terms with the warring claims of asymmetry (Freud) and mutuality (Ferenczi) in analysis. While discerning an inherent tendency towards mutuality in the psychoanalytic constellation, the author nevertheless calls for the upholding of asymmetry because the psychoanalytic relationship is not a relationship "of the usual kind". The analyst, he contends, must sustain the tension between mutuality and asymmetry and use this reflected tension as a therapeutic instrument for fathoming the patient's psychic reality.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoffer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011936:Reality Testing
vernacular_title: Asymmetrie und Gegenseitigkeit in der analytischen Beziehung: Lektionen für heute aus der Beziehung zwischen Freud und Ferenczi.