Empathy in Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice

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With the exception of Self Psychology, empathy has not been a major theoretical concept in psychoanalysis. Freud's (1921) definition of empathy implies it is a necessary condition for an analytic process to develop (p. 110, n. 2). Most psychoanalytic theories have side-stepped this issue by including empathy under various assumed names. We have discussed some of these in the theories of a number of psychoanalysts within the British Psychoanalytical Society. We have illustrated some of these theoretical issues with a clinical example.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07351690.2010.512844