Reflections on Heinz Kohut's last presentation, "On Empathy," 1981: Its impact on my own pathway

International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-176

  Schwaber, Evelyne Albrecht ^a,b,c  

^a Psychoanalytic Institute of New England East   (United States)

^b Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amae; Empathy; Listening; Psychic reality; Recognition; Transference

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960632531     PISSN: 15551024     EISSN: 19409141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15551021003610539     Document Type: Article

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