Abstract:The best possibility for resolving differences and for developing some consensus about the fundamental tenets of psychoanalysis rests with empirical-systematic research generating relevant data that c...The best possibility for resolving differences and for developing some consensus about the fundamental tenets of psychoanalysis rests with empirical-systematic research generating relevant data that can provide a basis for consensual agreement about fundamental psychoanalytic principles. Analysts, riding the crest of the popularity of psychoanalysis, may have felt, like Sigmund Freud that they were so certain of the validity of their theories about personality, about the principles of mental functioning etc. that there was little need for experimental validation. The clinical perspective of the treating analyst is essential but necessarily limited by his or her role as a participant observer of the analytic process.Read More
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-01-29
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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