The second person.
Unlike third-person sciences, psychoanalysis is the science of the second person. Briefly tracing the history of our focus on a second person, this paper contrasts two different approaches--the dyadic and the dialogic, proposing the latter as the better model for our field and the one that marks our unique contribution to other disciplines.
Litowitz
Bonnie E
BE
Faculty, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, USA. belitowitz@aol.com
D003142:Communication; D003379:Countertransference; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014167:Transference, Psychology