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"To encourage patients toward affect regulation, psychoanalytic clinicians try to demonstrate affect tolerance and modul...
10/14/2026

"To encourage patients toward affect regulation, psychoanalytic clinicians try to demonstrate affect tolerance and modulation in the therapeutic relationship. With time, this capacity, if exemplified consistently, can become internalized." Fine-Thomas and McWilliams

"The capacity to manage feelings starts in infancy. A primary task of parenting is to help children name their feelings,...
10/09/2026

"The capacity to manage feelings starts in infancy. A primary task of parenting is to help children name their feelings, understand what they mean, and manage them, and also to teach them something about how their feelings may affect others." - Fine-Thoma and McWilliams

"Therapists need to have some idea of how to accompany their clients on their journey toward transformation." - Karen Ma...
10/07/2026

"Therapists need to have some idea of how to accompany their clients on their journey toward transformation." - Karen Maroda

"Self-esteem that can be considered “healthy” allows for ordinary confidence, pride in one’s achievements, and humility ...
10/05/2026

"Self-esteem that can be considered “healthy” allows for ordinary confidence, pride in one’s achievements, and humility and self-compassion about one’s limitations." - Fine-Thomas and McWilliams

If you're interested in understanding the research for psychoanalysis, start with the seminal 2010 paper by Jonathan She...
10/02/2026

If you're interested in understanding the research for psychoanalysis, start with the seminal 2010 paper by Jonathan Shedler. https://jonathanshedler.com/PDFs/Shedler (2010) Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.pdf

"In problems of agency caused by the patient’s lack of any internal sense of autonomy, often it is the therapist’s behav...
09/30/2026

"In problems of agency caused by the patient’s lack of any internal sense of autonomy, often it is the therapist’s behavior that models the capacity to find degrees of freedom in a situation." - Fine-Thomas and McWilliams

"In problems of agency caused by implicit conflicts, a patient’s sense of self-efficacy can be supported through careful...
09/25/2026

"In problems of agency caused by implicit conflicts, a patient’s sense of self-efficacy can be supported through careful inquiry into what might be thwarting it." - Fine-Thomas and McWilliams

"Therapists tend to ask themselves 'What should I do?' rather than 'What needs to happen in this relationship right now,...
09/23/2026

"Therapists tend to ask themselves 'What should I do?' rather than 'What needs to happen in this relationship right now, and what is the best way I can facilitate that?'" - Karen Maroda

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