@article{Rustin, author = {Rustin, Judith}, title = {Heterosexual displacements of homosexuality clinical implications}, series = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 07 (1997), pp. 077-080.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 07 (1997), pp. 077-080.}, language = {en} } @article{Rustin, author = {Rustin, Judith}, title = {Heart Melts Forward: Emmanuel Ghent (1925-2003)}, series = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 07 (1997), pp. 043-062.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 07 (1997), pp. 043-062.}, abstract = {This paper uses concepts from infant research to describe the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis. Louis Sander's model of bidirectional mutual influence implies that agency is a property of all living things. Studying sleep - wake cycles, Sander concludes that these are mutually regulated the infant uses his state to guide his pole of the bidirectionality. It is in the >moment of meeting,< when the caregiving surround acknowledges the infant state in a way that >fits,< lies the beginnings of the infant's sense of agency. I suggest that one can make links between how a sense of agency develops in infancy and how this concept can be used in psychoanalytic treatment. Specifically, a bidirectional stance, a continuous attention to affect and state, and a systematic inquiry into how the patient is experiencing the analytic activity foster a sense of agency. Clinical examples illustrate the thesis.}, language = {en} }