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On the Project of Using Psychoanalytic Ideas in Systemic Therapy: A Discussion Paper *
Author(s) -
Flaskas Carmel
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1993.tb00931.x
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , context (archaeology) , systemic therapy , sociology , psychoanalysis , epistemology , psychotherapist , psychology , philosophy , medicine , history , archaeology , cancer , breast cancer
Recently in Australian and New Zealand systemic therapy forums, there has been a tentative renewal of interest in psychoanalytic thinking. These local discussions have tended to reference psychoanalytic ideas as part of the struggle to understand emotional experience, and the therapy relationship. This paper reviews the patterns in these discussions, and then considers the wider context of the appearance of this interest in terms of the history and development of systemic theory. Some tentative comments are made about the project of using psychoanalytic ideas in systemic theory and practice.