The Writer and the Analyst on and in Time

Abstract

The paper reflects on the metaphors of time that Dr. Seligman’s piece make available to us, specifically on his deep and inspiring account of the role of time in the analytic process.

Notes

¹ I take my understanding of this trauma narrative from Adam Johnson, who taught it to me and to many others at Stanford in the Spring of 2015.

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Notes on contributors

Blakey Vermeule

Blakey Vermeule, Ph.D., is Professor of English at Stanford University. The author of several books on literature and cognitive science, she is writing a book on the idea of the unconscious after Freud.