Introduction to The Analyst’s Body in the Consulting Room

Abstract

This introduction captures the evolution and development of this special issue on the analyst’s body in the treatment room. A brief literature review, as well as our personal interest in the analyst’s body as an extension of our subjective experience, is included. In addition, we highlight key points from the papers of our five contributors.

Keywords:

• body
• intersubjectivity
• mutuality
• relational psychoanalysis
• somatic
• trauma

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Notes on contributors

Allison Katz

Allison Katz, LCSW, is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She is an Associate Editor for Psychoanalytic Perspectives and has previously written about the trials of analytic training. Allison presently co-chairs the Focus Series for The National Institute for the Psychotherapies Professional Association and co-chairs the Webinar Committee for The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.

Janet Kelly

Janet Kelly, LCSW, is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She is a graduate of and supervising analyst at The National Institute for the Psychotherapies. Janet serves as Associate Editor for Psychoanalytic Perspectives: An International Journal of Integration and Innovation.