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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815481203321

Autore

McLaughlin James Thomas <1918-, >

Titolo

The healer's bent : solitude and dialogue in the clinical encounter / / James T. McLaughlin ; edited and introduced by William F. Cornell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hillsdale, N.J. : , : Analytic Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-91441-5

0-203-78067-1

1-134-91434-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Relational perspectives book series ; ; v. 28

Altri autori (Persone)

CornellWilliam F

Disciplina

616.89/17

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis

Psychotherapist and patient

Self analysis (Psychoanalysis)

Psychoanalysts - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What was wrought : self-analysis -- What was sought : nonverbal communication -- What was thought : the dialectics of influence.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the course of a 50-year career, James T. McLaughlin has sought to open the playing field of psychoanalytic exploration by treating unconscious processes as the very material from which we fashion meaningful lives. His unique, iconoclastic perspective, which challenged the conventions of his time and professional milieu, not only engages the creative tension between the stance of the analyst and the stance of the healer, but also contains striking intimations of contemporary relational and interpersonal models of psychoanalytic treatment. The Healer's Bent, which thematically integr