psychoanalysis criticism

• Relational and Intersubjective Perspectives in Psychoanalysis: A Critique

Part I, "Theoretical Considerations," begins with "Intersubjectivity: From Theory to Practice" by Roger Frie and Bruce Reis. They examine psychoanalytic tenets of intersubjectivity and the philosophical premises on which they are based. They clearly outline the contribution of European philosophies to the concept of intersubjectivity, and thoughtfully discuss philosophical influences on Jessica Benjamin's, Thomas Ogden's, and Robert Stolorow's work, which follows an outline of their work on intersubjectivity. This chapter would be improved and more accessible to clinicians if clinical examples were provided. The authors' critiques are balanced, although they offer a more involved discussion of the philosophical underpinnings of intersubjectivity then some clinicians might wish. Peter Gi...

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• Canadian Psychology
• Vol. 47 Nbr. 3, August 2006

• Emotions and the campaign for victims' rights in Canada.

..., and we can dump on each other without criticism (Ontario, Criminal Injuries Compensation Board #87...Contemporary Psychoanalysis 27(3): 529-551. . Freud, Sigmund 1951 Group Psycho...

• Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Vol. 51 Nbr. 4, October 2009

• Emotion and Cognition in Psychotherapy: The Transforming Power of Affect

In discussing emotion in psychotherapy, it is important to recognise that not all emotions serve the same function both in and out of therapy and that therapists need to intervene differentially with different types of emotional processes. Therapists do not simply help clients regulate all emotions or become aware of or express all feelings. Rather, they distinguish clinically among different types of emotions to guide their interventions. Problems of overregulation are discriminated from problems of underregulation, and emotions that are a sign of distress are distinguished from emotions that are a sign of working through distress. Therapists intervene differentially with clients depending on their assessment of the in-session emotional state, helping them to accept and integrate certa...

..., from the beginnings of psychoanalysis right up to the present day. In addition, many the...For example, in a study of self-criticism, Whelton and Greenberg (2004) found that people wh...

• Canadian Psychology
• Vol. 49 Nbr. 1, February 2008