Sustained Empathic Focus and its Application in the Treatment of Couples |
| |
Authors: | Martin Livingston |
| |
Institution: | (1) Group Therapy Training Department, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, 127 East 30th Street #3D, New York, NY 10016, USA |
| |
Abstract: | Although all psychoanalytically informed approaches to couples therapy recognize the importance of underlying dynamics, there
are important differences in the focus of the treatment. This paper suggests a focus that is based on a self-psychological/intersubjective
viewpoint. Two concepts that exemplify this model, a sustained empathic focus and an appreciation of the experience of vulnerability,
are discussed and applied to a couples session. What is emphasized in this material is a process of focusing on underlying
vulnerability, affect and subjective experience.
|
| |
Keywords: | Couples Self psychology Empathy Focus |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|