Name: The Activity of Neutrality
Creator: Steven H, Cooper
Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 05 social sciences, Humans, Transference, Psychology, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Professional-Patient Relations, Countertransference, Psychoanalytic Therapy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Part of book or chapter of book 03 Apr 2022 English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, volume 91, pages 355-369 (issn: 0033-2828, eissn: 2167-4086,

Authors: Steven H, Cooper;

doi: 10.1080/00332828.2022.2078156 , 10.4324/9781003569985-3

pmid: 36036950

The Activity of Neutrality

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Abstract

The author discusses the analyst's neutrality as an activity: a constantly moving position and an always-evolving process characterized by the analyst's thinking and curiosity about how to help the patient better know and become himself. The author maintains that neutrality is a cluster concept (Wittgenstein 1953) that includes a number of functions. Recent theoretical shifts regarding neutrality are briefly reviewed, and an illustrative clinical vignette is presented.

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Humans, Transference, Psychology, Professional-Patient Relations, Countertransference, Psychoanalytic Therapy

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