title: On the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis.
abstract: The author discusses therapeutic action as addressed in contributions by Klein, the post-Kleinians, and Willy and Madeleine Baranger He highlights the roles played by psychoanalytic listening and psychoanalytic neutrality in therapeutic action, and presents a detailed clinical vignette to illustrate his points.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. ceizirik.ez@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Cláudio Laks
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Eizirik
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*