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Psychodyn Psychiatry. 2021;49(4):487-489. doi: 10.1521/pdps.2021.49.4.487.

Culture - Surprise and the Psychoanalyst.

Psychodynamic psychiatry

Alexandra M Harrison

Affiliations

  1. Training and Supervising Analyst in Child and Adolescent and Adult Psychoanalysis and Assistant Professor part time, Harvard Medical School, at the Cambridge Health Alliance; CEO of Supporting Child Caregivers, Inc.; and Core Faculty, University of Massachusetts, Boston Infant Parent Mental Health Post Graduate Certificate Training Program.

PMID: 34870455 DOI: 10.1521/pdps.2021.49.4.487

Abstract

The author describes how an immersion experience in another culture can benefit the psychoanalyst-and the individual who is a psychoanalyst-by confronting trusted theories and challenging the analyst to create new methods for understanding basic aspects of human experience, such as the meaning of the "self."

Keywords: bias; culture; diversity; enactment; self

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