Integrating Contemplative Practice and Embodied Awareness in the Treatment of Dissociative Anxiety
Shoshana Ringel
Psychoanalysis Self and Context March 13, 2018 DOI: 10.1080/24720038.2018.1427968 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | psychoanalytic treatment |
| Topics | Anxiety Meditation |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | Proposes that a mindfulness-based, meditative process can complement psychoanalytic treatment of dissociative anxiety, drawing on shared elements between Buddhism, self psychology, and relational psychoanalysis such as mutual inquiry, empathic awareness, and attention to the intersubjective patient-therapist process. |
Abstract
This article presents the psychoanalytic treatment of dissociative anxiety, incorporating a mindfulness-based, meditative process. This contemplative approach includes moment-to-moment awareness, the investigation of embodied and affective states, and a view of subjectivity as fluid and comprised of transitory and changing subjective states. The author addresses shared elements between Buddhism, self, and relational psychoanalysis, including mutual inquiry and empathic awareness, as well as a focus on the intersubjective process between patient and therapist. A treatment process is described where these models are complementary.
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