Presence and Lingering: Psychoanalysis in a Mindfulness Frame
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 psych...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Language and Psychoanalysis |
| Online Access: | http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/2831 |
| Summary: | 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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| ISSN: | 2049-324X |