The Forgiver and the Forgiven: A Discussion of “An Analyst Has a Birthday – Can Forgiveness Heal?”

Abstract

The following discussion of Diane Barclay’s paper (this issue) focuses on the meaning of forgiveness when viewed through the lens of a multiple self tate model of the mind. The discussion also emphasizes the psychoanalytic centrality of self-forgiveness as a counterpoint to the question of whether one can forgive the other.

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Jody Messler Davies

Jody Messler Davies, Ph.D., was Editor in Chief of Psychoanalytic Dialogues from 1998 to 2008. She is Faculty and Supervisor of NYU Postdoctoral Program, founding Vice President of IARPP, and founding Board Member of The Stephen Mitchell Center.