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Article: Disruption and Desire Discussion: Commentary on Papers by Dianne Elise and Jonathan H. Slavin
- Article from:
- Psychoanalytic Dialogues
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright Analytic Press Nov/Dec 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Dr. Slavin's and Dr. Elise's paper are discussed, with reference to clinical theory.
WE HAVE BEEN TREATED TO TWO REALLY FINE PAPERS ON THE subject of disruption and desire in analytic treatment. What I find especially useful about them is that they are both very much concerned not only with the role of the patient's desire but with the role of the analyst's desire in the clinical encounter, a subject that I think remains even now underattended in our field. There is a common misconception that the psychoanalytic treatment relationship involves an inherent imbalance of desire. The patient's urgent, personal wish to be cured is contrasted with the analyst's less urgent, professional wish to ...