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Focusing on the significance of the analytic relationship in Haydée Faimberg's case of Mario, I argue that interpretations and identifications take on added meaning when understood in light of the sociocultural and psychosocial context that both patient and analyst share. The paper argues that unconscious enactments are often psychosocial in nature.
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Layton, L. “You can't be neutral on a moving train”: The psychosocial connection between patient and analyst. Psychoanal Cult Soc 17, 58–63 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1057/pcs.2012.5
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