Credo and Reflections

Abstract

This paper offers a series of reflections on 50 years of experience as a psychotherapist. The topics covered include recollections of working with the most severe psychological disturbances, the risks and rewards of clinical practice, the indispensable importance to the clinician of self knowledge, and the ways that psychotherapy transforms not only the patient but also the therapist. The most significant future directions of work in the field of psychoanalytic psychotherapy are also discussed.

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George E. Atwood

George E. Atwood received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Oregon in 1969. He is Professor of Psychology (Emeritus) at Rutgers University and Founding Faculty Member of the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity in New York. He maintains a private practice of psychotherapy in Clinton, New Jersey.