Abstract
Psychotherapists are often required to suspend their perspectives during critical moments within the therapeutic work to understand the participants mutual subjectivities. This suspension of the psychotherapist's perceptions and representations as relativistic, often arouses feelings of discomfort and anxiety as they threaten the therapist's sense of integrity, coherence and wholeness. Containing these feelings within while delaying immediate responses to alleviate the discomfort and anxiety during such moments, may enrich and deepen the therapeutic interventions, create new sparks of enthusiasm in the therapy, while finding insight and creative solutions to various enigmas encountered in the therapeutic process.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 225-237 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health