Presence and Lingering: Psychoanalysis in a Mindfulness Frame

  • Chin Li none

Abstract


Nowadays mindfulness has become a constituent element in various forms of psychotherapy, including psychoanalysis. This essay is my attempt to think about psychoanalysis and mindfulness together, from the starting point of Freud’s recommendation of “evenly hovering attention” as the essential psychoanalytic stance. I will look at how mindfulness and psychoanalysis could enrich each other, with a view to placing them within a framework of listening practice that might contribute to our understanding of psychotherapy.

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Published
13-Jan-2019
How to Cite
Li, C. (2019). Presence and Lingering: Psychoanalysis in a Mindfulness Frame. Language and Psychoanalysis, 8(1), 4-29. https://doi.org/10.7565/landp.v8i1.1590
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