Discussion: On some contributions of the interpersonal tradition to contemporary psychoanalytic praxis.
Writers identified with the interpersonal psychoanalytic tradition are primarily responsible for initiating the relational turn in psychoanalysis: the evolution from an objectivist one-person model of analytic praxis to that of an intersubjective, two-person paradigm. The two papers discussed here focus on two qualities in the analyst-curiosity and spontaneity-and how these elements of the analyst's subjectivity have helped lead to a potential enrichment of patients' responsivity to analytic engagement.
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William Alanson White Institute, USA. Hirschi1514@aol.com
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