The Alter Ego in the Therapeutic Relationship
Mairesse, Yves
The Alter Ego in the Therapeutic Relationship - 2006.
76
As therapists we receive persons who are unable to experience creative and reciprocal ties with others. These narcissistic impasses have little been taken into account by the founders of gestalt therapy who favoured more a model of needs satisfaction. The question of the subject and the other is first examined from the philosophical viewpoint and opens up on the matter of relational ethics. However such an “ethical conversion” is not readily accessible for those suffering from a dysfunction of the narcissism. The author relies on Kohut theory of the Self to tackle these clinical situations and provides leads on how to recover the roots of otherness and reciprocity.
The Alter Ego in the Therapeutic Relationship - 2006.
76
As therapists we receive persons who are unable to experience creative and reciprocal ties with others. These narcissistic impasses have little been taken into account by the founders of gestalt therapy who favoured more a model of needs satisfaction. The question of the subject and the other is first examined from the philosophical viewpoint and opens up on the matter of relational ethics. However such an “ethical conversion” is not readily accessible for those suffering from a dysfunction of the narcissism. The author relies on Kohut theory of the Self to tackle these clinical situations and provides leads on how to recover the roots of otherness and reciprocity.
Réseaux sociaux