Benjamin, J. (1994). Commentary on Papers by Tansey, Davies, and Hirsch. Psychoanal. Dial., 4:193-201.

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(1994). Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 4:193-201

Commentary on Papers by Tansey, Davies, and Hirsch Related Papers

Jessica Benjamin, Ph.D. Author Information

To comment on these papers is a challenge. Not only does each give us an unusually frank and thoughtful description of the anxieties and second thoughts attendant on countertransference feelings, but each raises difficult questions regarding our current understanding of the overall transference-countertransference situation. In reading these rich accounts I felt grateful that my colleagues have tried to open the discussion around these issues in a fresh way. I also felt, no doubt with less gratitude, impressed by the overwhelming complexity of the analytic endeavor. Due to this complexity and in consideration of time and space, I have structured my comments by addressing each paper one by one, hoping to carry some common threads throughout.

For my taste, Hirsch's paper attempts to solve too many problems too neatly by presenting us with a choice between mutually exclusive models. Contrarily enough, my response to his presentation was to feel reinforced in my conviction

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