The heart of healing: Echoes of Sándor Ferenczi's legacy in Jeremy Safran's relational commitments.

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0372630 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-6741 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00029548 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Psychoanal Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: : Basingstoke, UK : Palgrave Macmillan
Original Publication: New York, Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalysis*/history ; Psychoanalytic Therapy*/methods; Humans ; History, 20th Century ; Psychoanalytic Theory ; Therapeutic Alliance

In this duet of two voices honoring Jeremy Safran's legacy, the authors celebrate some points of resonance between Sándor Ferenczi's groundbreaking relational interventions and Safran's approach to the therapeutic relationship as the heart of healing. Karen Starr first highlights Ferenczi's now well-known creative experimentation with technique and his emphasis on and care for the relational dimension of psychoanalytic treatment. Jill Bresler then links Safran's career-long dedication to the therapeutic alliance to Starr's introductory remarks, honoring Safran and Ferenczi's shared dedication to expanding options in clinical practice through focus on the relationship. Recalling Safran's naming Ferenczi as a key figure in psychotherapy integration's origin story, Bresler reflects on her own learning from Safran's groundbreaking transtheoretical research into the mutative aspects of psychotherapy and his translating a psychoanalytic focus on the therapeutic relationship to CBT researchers and practitioners.
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Keywords: Jeremy Safran; Psychoanalysis; Psychotherapy integration; Relational; Sándor Ferenczi

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