Ferenczi's relaxation principle and the issue of therapeutic responsiveness

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Sandor Ferenczi's relaxation principle proposes that when a psychoanalyst introduces empathy into therapeutic sessions, the patient will experience emotions necessary for healing. The psychoanalyst must be flexible enough to formulate an analysis while involving the patient in an emotionally reciprocal human relationship. Ferenczi pioneered these techniques, was successful with difficult patients, and was one of the geniuses of clinical and theoretical practice.

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Sandor Ferenczi today: reviving the broken dialectic

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Issues discussed concern the influence of Sigmund Freud and Sandor Ferenczi on contemporary psychoanalytical thought, focusing on the relationship dynamics between the two pioneering psychoanalysts. Topics addressed include Ferenczi and Freud's clinical and theoretical dialogue, their personal friendship, and Ferenczi's changing beliefs throughout different stages of his life.

United States, Psychoanalysts, Freud, Sigmund

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The feud between Freud and Ferenczi over love

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Sandor Ferenczi believed the empathetic powers of love helped cure patients' traumas when love was used as part of the psychoanalytic process. Sigmund Freud believed patients' internal disorders should be treated from a distance. Interpersonal dynamics as advocated by Ferenczi are becoming increasingly popular and are seen as a corrective measure to Freud's methods.

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