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The Historical Bedrock of Psychotherapy. Freud’s Contribution—and Contemporary Corrections

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Particularly in his papers on technique in particular, Freud offers a number of recommendations for how we can understand and manage what plays out in the therapeutic relationship, which also helps us define what characterizes the psychotherapeutic or the psychoanalytic stance in the therapeutic process. Therefore, it remains interesting and relevant to consult his technical guidelines in any effort to specify the fundamental elements of the psychotherapeutic stance, including concepts like abstinence, neutrality, evenly suspended attention, and transference.

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Jørgensen, C. (2019). The Historical Bedrock of Psychotherapy. Freud’s Contribution—and Contemporary Corrections. In: The Psychotherapeutic Stance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20437-2_9

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