{"product_id":"the-analytic-attitude-9780465002689","title":"The Analytic Attitude","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrilliant  innovative  original: these words describe the writing of Roy Schafer  one of Americas most distinguished psychoanalysts. For a decade Schafer has been trying to free analysis from the rigid  mechanistic thinking of the nineteenth century. In this book  he moves beyond the much-discussed concepts of action language to explore the narrative structure of the analytic process.Exploring the mind of the analyst at work as it is evidenced in the analysts empathy  Schafer stresses the need to establish an atmosphere of safety in relation to the dangers the patient perceives when facing the possibility of insight and personal change. In his retelling of the concepts of transference and resistance  Schafer emphasizes what is progressive  affirmative  and new in the experience  along with what has been traditionally emphasized as the regressive  negative  and repetitious. Interpretation and reconstruction of the past  two of the most essential activities of the analytic process  receive original and fascinating treatment as Schafer explores their narrative features and shows how they are used to develop an account of the past and the present that helps to construct a coherent life history and the basis for personal improvement.Throughout  the emphasis is on the analysand as agent or actor  as someone who participates fully  unconsciously as well as consciously  in the construction of symptoms  character makeup  danger situations  conflicts  and repetitions of every kind. This book  bringing together a decade of writing and research  offers the reader a fresh  deeply felt understanding of the analytic process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529570672693,"sku":"ByrdShop_0465002684","price":67.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780465002689.jpg?v=1780938029","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-analytic-attitude-9780465002689","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}