Psychoanalysis revisited: A psychologist’s view

Abstract

In its explicit aim of bringing together both psychology and psychotherapy, the Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy provides us with an opportunity to examine what has often seemed to be a extraordinarily fraught relationship between psychology and psychoanalysis. This paper briefly explores the history of that interdisciplinary divide, and examines how recent developments, particularly in post-modern psychological thinking, have influenced the development of relational models of psychoanalysis that may permit a more meaningful and constructive dialogue between the two fields.