Progress in Self Psychology, V. 16: How Responsive Should We Be? by Arnold I. Go

Teicholz provides an integrative context for examining this tension by discussing affect as the common denominator underlying the analyst’s empathy, subjectivity, and authenticity. Responses to the tension encompass the stance of intersubjective contextualism (Sucharov), advocacy of “active responsiveness” (Livingston), and emphasis on the thorough-going bi-directionality of the analytic endeavor (Preston and Shumsky).