Truth, human relatedness, and the analytic process: An interpersonal/relational perspective

A lawyer is required to accept the legitimacy of swearing under oath that something about to be said will be ''the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth'', but for a psychoanalyst the concept of truth is like an itch that is not relieved by scratching. Since the publi...

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Published in:International journal of psychoanalysis 2009-04, Vol.90 (2), p.347-361
Main Author: Bromberg, Philip M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Biological and medical sciences
Dissent and Disputes
Dissociative Disorders - psychology
Education Section, Truth
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Knowledge
Models, Psychological
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalytic cure
Psychoanalytic Interpretation
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychotherapeutic Processes
Self Concept
Self Psychology
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Summary:A lawyer is required to accept the legitimacy of swearing under oath that something about to be said will be ''the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth'', but for a psychoanalyst the concept of truth is like an itch that is not relieved by scratching. Since the publication of Spence's (1982) Narrative Truth and Historical Truth and Schafer's (1983) The Analytic Attitude, many thoughtful articles have been written about truth from a classical perspective.
ISSN:0020-7578
1745-8315
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-8315.2009.00137.x