The Multiple Meanings of Neutrality
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
- Vol. 38 (1) , 195-220
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000306519003800110
Abstract
Throughout the evolution of psychoanalysis, its theories and methods have been deeply influenced by ideas about psychoanalytic neutrality. However, considerable dissension has surrounded the concept of neutrality. This paper defines five distinct categories of neutrality the author considers relevant to all theoretical perspectives on psychoanalysis: behavioral, attitudinal, interpersonal, interactional, and essential.Keywords
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