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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Main Author: Chin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2019-01-01
Series:Language and Psychoanalysis
Online Access:http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/2831
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spelling doaj-df24c55b4c3249a2be60a0c6e3c9eed22020-11-25T01:22:40ZengUniversity of EdinburghLanguage and Psychoanalysis2049-324X2019-01-018110.7565/landp.v8i1.15902831Presence and Lingering: Psychoanalysis in a Mindfulness FrameChin Li0none 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. http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/2831
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description 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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