Harold searles: lifelong work of a master clinician.

HAROLD SEARLES: LIFELONG WORK OF A MASTER CLINICIAN.
Am J Psychoanal. 2018 Jul 03;:
Authors: Rivera FB
Abstract
Harold F. Searles was one of the most gifted and innovative clinicians of psychoanalysis. His clinical work arouses interest on its own merit, as well as for the ways in which it shaped his highly innovative thinking. We can only imagine what special processes were developing in Searles's inner world under the everlasting impact of his experience with psychotic patients and from his life in general. Searles focused extensively on how the psychotic individuals' mental distortions impacted their capacity to form personal relationships in general, and the role of the analyst and countertransference in treatment. This unique viewpoint helped him sustain a creative commitment to psychotic patients, regarded by many as unsuitable for psychoanalysis.
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Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis - July 3, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rivera FB Tags: Am J Psychoanal Source Type: research