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Vztahová psychoanalýza
Relational Psychoanalysis

Author(s): Alena Plháková
Subject(s): History of Psychology, Social psychology and group interaction, Psychology of Self, Psychoanalysis
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: dialectic; meaning; intersubjectivity; mutuality; self-disclosure;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is aimed at presenting the relational psychoanalysis which developed under the influence of feminism, gay and lesbian rights movements, or postmodern critique of psychoanalytic discourse in the U.S.A. in early 1980s. The author deals with the main features of this approach, including dialectical way of thinking, exploration of meaning in the context of the therapeutic situation, and emphasis on the openness, empathy, and mutuality between patient and analyst. The key concepts of the relational psychoanalysis like transference and countertransference, self-disclosure of the analyst, intersubjectivity, analytic third, dissociation, and enactment are described in detail.

  • Issue Year: 7/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 163-171
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Czech