Introducing psychoanalytic therapy into China: the CAPA experience *

2018 ◽  
pp. 205-215
Author(s):  
Ralph E. Fishkin ◽  
Lana P. Fishkin
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-122
Author(s):  
Li Hanning

In this article Winnicott, Bion, and Zhuangzi's three metaphorical concepts of psychological space are compared to understand the meaning of their respective use of space and unity, as well as the importance of the unity of space itself. This is carried out against the background of psychoanalysis and Eastern thought. This is not only a state that analysts need to be able to achieve in psychoanalytic therapy, but is also related to the quality of the mental state of each of us in our daily lives. An open and perceptive experience is responsible for the spontaneous presentation and for mental growth, and in Eastern thought, at its core is the wu-wei thought, defined as unconflicted personal harmony, inaction, or free-flowing spontaneity. Although psychoanalysis is a therapeutic method, it is not limited to this function. It is also a preparation for patients to approach their true self or "truth". Freud (1912e) described a way of approaching "an open mind, free from any presupposition" that could be achieved through analysis, and he promoted the development of mature interpersonal relations. Buddhist or Taoist practice, on the other hand, relies on correct breathing to calm oneself. Beyond all doubt, Winnicott, Bion, and the wise men of the East all knew that connecting with emotion or acquiring knowledge must be done in a calm state of mind.


1976 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 821-822
Author(s):  
Lawrence V. Annis ◽  
Dorothy A. Baker

A review of medical and psychological journals indicates that articles on behavior therapy have appeared with increasing frequency relative to articles on psychoanalytic therapy, in journals of the two professions, over the years 1965 through 1974. Publications in psychology have consistently contained relatively more behavioral articles than have medical journals.


Psychotherapy ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Appelbaum

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