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Journal | History of the human sciences |
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Date | Accepted/In press - 1 Aug 2016 |
Date | E-pub ahead of print - 28 Dec 2016 |
Date | Published (current) - 1 Feb 2017 |
Issue number | 1 |
Volume | 30 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Pages (from-to) | 118-137 |
Early online date | 28/12/16 |
Original language | English |
There has been consistent interest in telepathy within psychoanalysis from its start. Relational psychoanalysis, which is a relatively new development in psychoanalytic theory and practice, seems more receptive to experiences between patient and analyst that suggest ostensibly anomalous communicative capacities. To establish this openness to telepathic phenomena with relational approaches, a selection of papers recently published in leading academic journals in relational psychoanalysis is examined. This demonstrates the extent to which telepathy-like experiences are openly presented and seriously considered in the relational community. The article then discusses those characteristics of the relational approach that may facilitate greater openness to telepathic experience. The argument is that relational psychoanalysis provides a coherent framework in which otherwise anomalous phenomena of patient–analyst interaction can be understood.
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