To the Analyzing Instrument and Beyond: Reconstructing Evenly Hovering Attention

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dc.contributor.advisorSolomon, Margot
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Rajan
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-31T21:50:47Z
dc.date.available2009-03-31T21:50:47Z
dc.date.copyright2008
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores the attentional processes by which the psychotherapist arrives at clinical inferences in his work with clients. In particular, the focus is on one of the early tenets of psychoanalytic technique, Freud’s direction around evenly hovering (suspended)/free-floating attention as a vehicle for the registration of the unconscious material embedded in the client’s communication/free association. A systematic review of the literature was conducted, drawing on the existing knowledge base for narratives around experiences of ‘unconscious knowing’ by psychotherapists connected to the idea of evenly hovering attention. This consisted of the work of four psychoanalytic clinicians: Reik, Isakower, Jacobs and McLaughlin – who have built on Freud's concept, and have to that extent offered their own interpretation/s of how evenly hovering attention comes to occupy the central role within psychoanalytic practice. The intent was to bridge, make sense of, and interpret these different representational systems/structures in order to arrive at some implications to inform psychotherapy practice. The discussion underscores how the psychotherapist’s use of non-linear, undirected and associative mental processes, both within and outside the therapy situation, furthers the understanding of unconscious processes. Vignette/s from my own clinical practice and those of the four psychoanalytic clinicians reviewed, are included to typify the operation of these respective forms of evenly hovering attention.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/496
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectEvenly suspended attention
dc.subjectThird ear
dc.subjectPscyhoanalysis
dc.subjectAnalyzing instrument
dc.subjectJacobs use of the self
dc.subjectMclaughlin transference sanctuaries
dc.titleTo the Analyzing Instrument and Beyond: Reconstructing Evenly Hovering Attention
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Dissertations
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Health Science
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