It Takes Two to Know One

The Therapy Relationship and Unconscious Dialogues
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-21068-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Relational Perspectives Book Series

This book explores the nature of relational psychoanalysis in clinical practice, based on the author’s foundational papers written over the past twenty-five years.

As a first generational relational analyst, Bass's book demonstrates the depth, scope and healing power of mutual transformation for patient and analyst alike within the analytic frame. Patient and analyst demonstrably co-create the psychotherapeutic space, situation, structure and experience, and together, promote mutual growth and healing. Drawing on the revolutionary work of Sandor Ferenczi, this book expands our understanding of therapy as a ‘dialogue of unconscious,’ revealing the ways in which the bi-directional currents of unconscious communication may be creatively utilized as an essential therapeutic tool. It sheds light on the conditions for actualizing a flexible, contextual use of the self in therapy, establishing an ever-deeper foundation for clinical work as it progresses.

With illuminating case studies and accessible language, this book is a must read for psychotherapists practicing a wide range of dynamically informed approaches and for anyone interested in learning new developments in therapy as it is practiced today.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bass, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. It Takes Two to Know One-Mutual Relations at the Heart of Therapeutic Action 2. Whose Unconscious is it, anyway 3. When the Frame doesn't Fit the Picture 4. One Frame: Many Framers-Bromberg, Gabbard and Me. 5. "E" Enactments in Psychoanalysis: Another Medium, Another Message 6. The Dialogue of Unconsciouses, Mutual Analysis and the Uses of the Self 7. The Ordinary Uncanniness of Psychoanalytic Life 8. Unmasked: Personal Transformations, Frame Alterations and Making the Conscious Unconscious in the Traumatic Times of the Covid Pandemic 9. Imagining Psychoanalysis: I’s Wide Open—Imagination, Seeing, and Change 10. It Ain't Over till It's Over: Infinite Conversations, Imperfect Endings and the Elusive Nature of Termination 11. The Longest Goodbyes: Analysis Everlasting 12. I am Home

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony L. Bass, Ph.D. is an associate professor and clinical consultant at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He is teaching faculty, training and supervising analyst at the Columbia Psychoanalytic Institute. He is currently the president of the Stephen Mitchell Relational Study Center and a founding director and board member of IARPP (The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis). He is also an editor emeritus of the international journal Psychoanalytic Dialogues and serves on the board of the Sandor Ferenczi Center at the New School, NYC. He lectures and teaches workshops and seminars on his work and the work of Sandor Ferenczi all over the world.