Ferenczi, Trauma, and the Dialectic of Coherence and Containment
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
Published online on February 10, 2026
Abstract
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This paper reframes Sándor Ferenczi’s clinical stance through what the author calls the coherence–containment dialectic: the interplay between providing symbolic form and restraining from premature articulation. Building on Ferenczi’s ethic of listening, ...
This paper reframes Sándor Ferenczi’s clinical stance through what the author calls the coherence–containment dialectic: the interplay between providing symbolic form and restraining from premature articulation. Building on Ferenczi’s ethic of listening, ...