Treating Trauma: The Analyst’s Own Affect Regulation and Expression

Journeys and Generations: Tending the Professional Self

“…I realize, of course, that there is more to self psychology than empathic understanding, whether framed in terms of the resolution of selfobject transference, illumination and transformation of unconscious organizing principles, the integration and transformation of affect, or the numerous other ways we have of conceptualizing and describing the therapeutic endeavor. Also, our contemporary focus on context, mutual influence, and co-construction necessitates that the therapist be aware of, open to, and able to manage his or her own affective and subjective experience, and to recognize its impact on the treatment (e.g., Teicholz, 2014). I haven't spoken to any of that.…”