On Israel and Palestine…
photography by Artemis Tsakiri ...
Analyst, Zurich (CH), AGAP, IAAP
Analyst, Zurich (CH), AGAP, IAAP
As for the analytic relationship itself, it is not built upon the pleasure principle, it is not about being liked, being nice, kind, or good, for either analyst or patient. It is built on the deeper bedrock of being able...
— Marcus West
As for the analytic relationship itself, it is not built upon the pleasure principle, it is not about being liked, being nice, kind, or good, for either analyst or patient. It is built on the deeper bedrock of being able to be yourself as you are, being able to be real, and being accepted for that. For both patient and analyst this means staying true to their primitive responses, yet finding a place for those within themselves and finding they are accepted by the other. The challenge to stay real and to face what is most difficult is a gift that the analyst equally receives from the patient…. Such exchanges engender the deepest respect and appreciation. The connection and bond that develops between analyst and patient is forged through this journeying together through the underworld.
Once in a while a text appears that manages to capture poignantly what is of essence in a given moment in history. Such was the case with Timothy Snyder’s piece in the recent September/October 2022 edition of Foreign Affairs magazine. ...