Traditionally, two clinical models have been dominant in
psychoanalysis: the classical paradigm, which views the analyst as
an objective mirror, and the participant-observation paradigm,
which views the analyst as an intersubjective participant-observer.
According to John Fiscalini, an evolutionary shift in
psychoanalytic consciousness has been taking place, giving rise to
coparticipant inquiry, a third paradigm that represents a dramatic
shift in analytic clinical theory and that has profound clinical
implications.
Coparticipant inquiry integrates the individualistic focus of
the classical tradition and the social focus of the
participant-observer perspective. It is marked by a radical
emphasis on analysts' and patients' analytic equality, emotional
reciprocity, psychic symmetry, and relational mutuality. Unlike the
previous two paradigms, coparticipant inquiry suggests that we are
all inherently communal beings and, yet, are simultaneously
innately self-fulfilling, unique individuals. The book looks
closely at the therapeutic dialectics of the personal and
interpersonal selves and discusses narcissism -- the perversion of
the self -- within its clinical role as the neurosis that
contextualizes all other neuroses. Thus the goal of this book is to
define coparticipant inquiry; articulate its major principles;
analyze its implications for a theory of the self and the treatment
of narcissism; and discuss the therapeutic potential of the
coparticipant field and the coparticipant nature of transference,
resistance, therapeutic action, and analytic vitality. Fiscalini
explores "analytic space," which marks the psychic limit of
coparticipant activity; the "living through process," which, he
suggests, subtends all analytic change; and "openness to
singularity," which is essential to analytic vitality.
"Coparticipant Psychoanalysis" brings crucial insights to
clinical theory and practice and is an invaluable resource for
psychoanalysts and therapists, as well as students and
practitioners of psychology, psychiatry, and social work.
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