Thomä H, Hohage R
Z Psychosom Med Psychoanal. 1984;30(3):232-7.
For epistemological and empirical reasons, Freud's "evenly hovering attention" has to be understood as an advice that the analyst should remain open for new observation. It is a recommendation against having preconceived ideas and biases. In fact, the analyst's attention is regulated by conscious and unconscious selections. It is subject to considerable changes in the analyst's cognitive processes. His countertransference influences his attention. The patient in turn reacts consciously or unconsciously to the variations of the analyst's attention. It is therefore necessary to interpret those changes and sometimes to admit them. This recognition supports the reality testing of the patient in the analytic situation. Otherwise malign regressions or denials and other defensive processes might occur. We give an example of the changes in the "evenly hovering attention" of an analyst and their handling.
出于认识论和经验主义的原因，弗洛伊德的“均匀悬浮注意”必须被理解为一种建议，即分析师应该对新的观察保持开放态度。这是一条反对先入为主的观念和偏见的建议。事实上，分析师的注意力受到有意识和无意识选择的调节。它在分析师的认知过程中会发生相当大的变化。他的反移情会影响他的注意力。反过来，患者会有意识或无意识地对分析师注意力的变化做出反应。因此，有必要对这些变化进行解释，有时还要承认它们。这种认识有助于在分析情境中对患者进行现实检验。否则，可能会出现恶性退行、否认及其他防御过程。我们给出一个分析师“均匀悬浮注意”的变化及其处理的例子。
