Listening to Others: Developmental and Clinical Aspects of Empathy and Attunement

by Salman Akhtar (Editor), Sydney Pulver (Contributor), Jessica Benjamin (Contributor)

This edited volume addresses the critical psychoanalytic issue of effective listening. This issue has been discussed widely in the literature but most often from the standpoint of technique. iListening to Othersi is among the first texts to consider the listening process from the so-called two-person perspective--i.e., that which is aligned with intersubjective, interpersonal, and relational theories.

Genres: Psychoanalysis

156 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Salman Akhtar is an Indian-American psychoanalyst practicing in the United States. He is an author and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.