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Interpersonal psychoanalysis is based on the theories of Harry Stack Sullivan, an American psychiatrist, who believed that the details of a patient's interpersonal interactions with others can provide insight into the causes and cures of mental disorder.^[1]^[2]

Sullivan proposed that patients could keep certain aspects or components of their interpersonal relationships out of their awareness by a psychological behavior described as selective inattention. He emphasized that psychotherapists' analyses should focus on patients' relationships and personal interactions to obtain knowledge of affecting patterns and tendencies. Such analyses would consist of detailed questioning regarding moment-to-moment personal interactions, even including those with the analyst himself.

[edit] Literature

Curtis, R. C. & Hirsch, I. (2003). Relational Approaches to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. In Gurman, A. G. & Messer, S. B. Essential Psychotherapies. NY: Guilford.

Curtis, R. C. (2008). Desire, Self, Mind & the Psychotherapies. Unifying Psychological Science and Psychoanalysis. Lanham, MD & New York: Jason Aronson.

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[edit] References

^ Sullivan, H. S. (1953). The interpersonal theory of psychiatry. New York: Norton.
^ Evans, F. Barton (1996). Harry Stack Sullivan: Interpersonal Theory and Psychotherapy. London: Routledge.

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[0] Sullivan, H. S. (1953). The interpersonal theory of psychiatry. New York: Norton.

[1] Evans, F. Barton (1996). Harry Stack Sullivan: Interpersonal Theory and Psychotherapy. London: Routledge.

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