Psychoanalytic listening: by Kunihiro Matsuki, 2015, Iwasaki Academic Publisher, Tokyo, 170 pp., € 15.68 (2700 yen), ISBN: 9784753310913.

This book focuses on Kunihiro Matsuki’s psychoanalytic approach to the art of listening, blending traditional Western psychoanalytic theory—especially object relations theory influenced by Wilfred Bion—with Eastern philosophical concepts such as mushin (no-mind) from Zen Buddhism. Matsuki outlines s...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Psychoanalysis Vol. 107; no. 2; pp. 313 - 317
Autor principal: Agatsuma, Soh
Formato: Book Review
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2026
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        Therapeutics
        Mindfulness
        Psychoanalysts
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