Passages into the Inchoate: A Review of The Unobtrusive Relational Analyst: Explorations in Psychoanalytic Companioning by Robert Grossmark

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¹ In a striking session, Grossmark companions Bernard into the realm of violent fantasy and he experiences a charged moment in which Bernard leans in close, snarling, and speaks of gutting someone open. With impressive clinical judgment, Grossmark recognizes this as an invitation by Bernard into the darkest part of his mind and not as an actual threat.

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Romy Reading

Romy Reading, PhD is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Manhattan treating individuals and adolescents and a candidate in the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. She co-hosts the Couched podcast with Dr. Billie Pivnick, which features conversations between psychoanalysts and leaders from a wide array of fields that address our current social conditions. She has coauthored chapters and articles on the topics of mindfulness, therapist reflective functioning, and group therapy for LGBT asylum seekers.