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Reinforcing and Reducing: Dialogue between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Author(s) -
Zhang Peichao,
Chi Xinli
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of applied psychoanalytic studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1556-9187
pISSN - 1742-3341
DOI - 10.1002/aps.1358
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , psychotherapist , psychology , convergence (economics) , adaptation (eye) , psychodynamic psychotherapy , psychoanalysis , neuroscience , economics , economic growth
The adaptation of forms of psychotherapy from the West in China such as psychoanalytic psychotherapy should include the rich cross‐fertilization with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This article suggests the category of Reinforcing and Reducing as a point of convergence where Reinforcing/Reducing is seen as like Supportive/Expressive approaches in psychotherapy. A tentative integrative Paradigm called “Talking Acupuncture” will be discussed.