The Development of “Amae” Theory and its Practice in Japanese Psychoanalysis

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  • 日本の精神分析における「甘え」理論の展開と臨床実践
  • ニホン ノ セイシン ブンセキ ニ オケル 「 アマエ 」 リロン ノ テンカイ ト リンショウ ジッセン

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This paper presents a review of the development of “Amae” theory (Doi) and case reports of its use in“The Japanese Journal of Psycho-Analysis” to examine how it has been developed and utilized in clinicalpsychoanalytic practice in Japan. Reports of the clinical use of the term “Amae” are less conspicuous thanits academic significance and interest. This was thought to be influenced by qualitative changes in theproblems of “Amae” faced by patients and the difficulty for therapists to deal with their own “Amae.”However, these problems also contain important perspectives on “Amae, ” and there is significance intreating “Amae” in contemporary psychoanalytic clinical practice. It will be necessary to examine thedifferences between “Amae” and similar concepts in detail, as “Amae” may be included in or replaceother concepts and theories.

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