Geller Jesse D
Teachers College, Columbia University.
J Clin Psychol. 2014 Aug;70(8):768-79. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22112. Epub 2014 Jun 20.
This article explores the ways in which receiving, providing, and teaching others to do psychotherapy have influenced my adult development. In my 70s, I arrived at the conviction that at every stage of adulthood, practicing psychotherapy has had a direct and causal influence on my efforts to fill my personal life with meaning, virtue, and maturity. The first section of this article focuses on the ways in which learning to be a particular kind of psychoanalytic therapist facilitated my transition into early adulthood. The middle sections describe how I have used the professional practice of psychotherapy to integrate or dissolve the boundaries between work and play, and science and art, in the everyday conduct of my life. My psychobiographical analysis concludes with some reflections on a professional failure and the compensations of being an aging therapist.
本文探讨了接受心理治疗、提供心理治疗以及教导他人进行心理治疗对我成年后的发展所产生的影响。在我70多岁时，我深信在成年的每个阶段，从事心理治疗都对我让个人生活充满意义、美德和成熟的努力产生了直接的因果影响。本文的第一部分着重讲述了学习成为一名特定类型的精神分析治疗师如何推动我向成年早期过渡。中间部分描述了我如何在日常生活中运用心理治疗的专业实践来整合或消除工作与娱乐、科学与艺术之间的界限。我的心理传记分析以对一次职业失败的反思以及作为一名年长治疗师的收获作为结尾。
