Presence and Lingering: Psychoanalysis in a Mindfulness Frame
Chin Li
Jan 13, 2019
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Language and Psychoanalysis
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Key Takeaway Key Takeaway: Mindfulness and psychoanalysis can enrich each other, contributing to a framework of listening practice that can enhance our understanding of psychotherapy.
Abstract
Nowadays mindfulness has become a constituent element in various forms of psychotherapy, including psychoanalysis. This essay is my attempt to think about psychoanalysis and mindfulness together, from the starting point of Freud’s recommendation of “evenly hovering attention” as the essential psychoanalytic stance. I will look at how mindfulness and psychoanalysis could enrich each other, with a view to placing them within a framework of listening practice that might contribute to our understanding of psychotherapy.
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