Selfless self-transcendence in the clinical setting as a source of self-enhancement.

Selfless self-transcendence in the clinical setting as a source of self-enhancement.
Am J Psychoanal. 2020 Feb 21;:
Authors: Amid B, Aron L, Bachar E
Abstract
This paper examines the paradox of Selfless-Self-Transcendence, that is, how the self is enriched through self-renunciation. The article discusses what enables being carried away without forethought into selfless-self-transcendence and how, eventually, these inadvertent surrenders create therapeutic shifts. Using clinical vignettes, we suggest that the selfless move towards patients is part of a latent mutual process, with them, and it enables the restoration of the self to an enriched form. These depictions imply that like the patients, the analysts also encounter themselves in a truer way which allows them to become who they really are, through selflessly transcending themselves.
PMID: 32086440 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis - February 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Amid B, Aron L, Bachar E Tags: Am J Psychoanal Source Type: research