Emotional Understanding : Studies in Psychoanalytic Epistemology
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1572300108
ISBN-13
9781572300101
Publisher
Guilford Publications
Imprint
Guilford Publications
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 18th, 1996
Print length
226 Pages
Weight
546 grams
Dimensions
23.60 x 15.70 x 2.20 cms
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The book argues that psychoanalytic understanding emerges from mutual emotional participation in the intersubjective field formed by the patient and therapist, and explores the process through which patient and therapist can attain "good?enough
With a unique blend of clinical compassion and philosophical reflection, Donna M. Orange explores the nature and process of psychoanalytic understanding within the intimate and healing context of treatment. Disputing the traditional psychoanalytic emphasis on verbalization, Orange highlights the [i]emotional[/i] nature of psychoanalytic understanding. Because much of emotional understanding is tacit understanding, it requires the analyst's empathic participation in the patient's emotional predicament, and attention to the kinds of memories that precede and extend beyond words. Delineating the philosophical underpinnings of emotional understanding/m-/and illuminating the epistemology of the therapeutic enterprise/m-/this book is enlightening reading for all mental health professionals interested in psychodynamic theory and treatment.
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