Cognitive-Humanistic Psychodynamics: Sidney Blatt’s Theoretical-Philosophical Legacy

Golan Shahar; Linda C. Mayes

doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0003065117709013

Cognitive-Humanistic Psychodynamics: Sidney Blatt’s Theoretical-Philosophical Legacy

Golan Shahar, Linda C. Mayes

Department of Psychology

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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A number of broad-based, theoretical-philosophical tenets are to be gleaned from Sidney Blatt’s voluminous, extensive, and unique scholarly work. Dominant themes in Blatt’s life and work include (1) his fascination with cognition, particularly mental maps, or representations, of reality; (2) the influence of humanistic values (e.g., agency, need for growth, gestalts, need for balance, and an optimistic focus on resilience); and (3) a steadfast adherence to Freud’s revolutionary discovery of the dynamic unconscious. Philosophically speaking, Blatt has left a unique, integrative, and vibrant legacy for the field, one that might be called cognitive-humanistic psychodynamics.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	457-472
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
Volume	65
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0003065117709013
State	Published - 1 Jun 2017

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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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