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Erich Fromm: Clinical Mountain Guide

  • Each psychoanalytic theory influences the clinician’s focus. This paper examines the impact of Erich Fromm’s writing on the analyst’s attention to the material in sessions. Briefly, Fromm’s work highlights the importance of the analyst’s passion, courage, pursuit of truth, capacity to bear uncertainty and suffering, and dedication to helping people embrace their freedom and realize their full potential. Fromm has inspired generations of clinicians to become politically active citizens, maintain enlivening curiosity, and kindle the life force in themselves and those they treat. What role does theory play in the moment-by-moment behavior of the analyst in a session? I first address the general question of my view of the role of theory in clinical work. Then I turn to the more specific issue of Fromm’s influence.

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Author:Sandra Buechler
Parent Title (English):Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Routledge, Vol. 44 (No. 1, 2024), pp. 103-115.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2024
Release Date:2024/04/04
Format:PDF-file to download
IdNo:Buechler_S_2024c
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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