title: Polarities and amalgams: analytic dyads and the individuals within them.
abstract: In this paper, I address some of the polarities in existence in psychoanalytic thinking today. I challenge these extreme positions and offer vantage points for the inclusion of both sides. I use a clinical vignette to demonstrate the need for such pluralistic perspectives.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: D003379:Countertransference; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D014167:Transference, Psychology