Wynn Schwartz
Encyclopedia
Wynn R. Schwartz is an American
clinical and experimental psychologist, research psychoanalyst, and modern theorist of psychology, best known for his work in the field of Descriptive Psychology
.
Boulder obtained under the supervision of the creator of Descriptive Psychology, Peter G. Ossorio
. His work on the concept of empathy has distinguished him in the field of psychology as have his experiments with dreams and dream psychology. He serves on the faculty of The Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Harvard Medical School
, the Harvard Extension School, and has taught at Wellesley College, the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and the Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis. He was appointed head of the Center for Status dynamic psychotherapy
in 2010. Much of his psychoanalytic work involves an application of descriptive psychology
.
Schwartz (2008) suggests people are empathic when they recognize each other's intentional actions as intentional actions and provide that recognition to the other in an accurate and tolerable manner. An empathic recognition of another's subjectivity can include actions that the observed claims or disclaims with reason. According to Schwartz, the interpretation of behavior as unconscious in therapy acknowledges a person's reasons for acting. Accurate empathic interpretation can take an infinite variety of forms without ever being random or arbitrary: it just must fit. In psychoanalysis, the therapist attempts an empathic interpretation of transference and resistance.
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clinical and experimental psychologist, research psychoanalyst, and modern theorist of psychology, best known for his work in the field of Descriptive Psychology
Descriptive psychology
Descriptive Psychology is primarily a conceptual framework for the science of psychology. Created in its original form by Peter G. Ossorio at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the mid-1960s, it has subsequently been the subject of hundreds of books and papers that have updated, refined, and...
.
Background
Wynn Schwartz holds a doctorate from University of ColoradoUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
Boulder obtained under the supervision of the creator of Descriptive Psychology, Peter G. Ossorio
Peter G. Ossorio
Peter G. Ossorio was an American-born psychologist best known for his development of Descriptive psychology, a pragmatic and theory neutral pre-empirial approach to the study of behavior...
. His work on the concept of empathy has distinguished him in the field of psychology as have his experiments with dreams and dream psychology. He serves on the faculty of The Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
, the Harvard Extension School, and has taught at Wellesley College, the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and the Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis. He was appointed head of the Center for Status dynamic psychotherapy
Status dynamic psychotherapy
Status Dynamic Psychotherapy[1] is an approach to psychotherapy that was created by Peter G. Ossorio at the University of Colorado in the late 1960s as part of a larger system known as "Descriptive Psychology," and that has subsequently been developed by other practitioners.[2][3][4] Its...
in 2010. Much of his psychoanalytic work involves an application of descriptive psychology
Descriptive psychology
Descriptive Psychology is primarily a conceptual framework for the science of psychology. Created in its original form by Peter G. Ossorio at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the mid-1960s, it has subsequently been the subject of hundreds of books and papers that have updated, refined, and...
.
On Empathy
"We recognize others as empathic when we feel that they have accurately acted on or somehow acknowledged in stated or unstated fashion our values or motivations, our knowledge, and our skills or competence, but especially as they appear to recognize the significance of our actions in a manner that we can tolerate their being recognized."Schwartz (2008) suggests people are empathic when they recognize each other's intentional actions as intentional actions and provide that recognition to the other in an accurate and tolerable manner. An empathic recognition of another's subjectivity can include actions that the observed claims or disclaims with reason. According to Schwartz, the interpretation of behavior as unconscious in therapy acknowledges a person's reasons for acting. Accurate empathic interpretation can take an infinite variety of forms without ever being random or arbitrary: it just must fit. In psychoanalysis, the therapist attempts an empathic interpretation of transference and resistance.
On Psychoanalysis
Schwartz is noted for his role in conceiving and creating the connection between psychoanalysis and its practice in Descriptive Psychology and for his work in psychoanalytic approaches to dream psychology.Publications
- Schwartz, Wynn et al. (2008) Presentations of self and the status dynamics of psychotherapy and supervision Am J Psychother 62:51-65
- Schwartz, W. (2002). From passivity to competence: A conceptualization of knowledge, skill, tolerance, and empathy. Psychiatry, 65(4), 338-345.
- R Greenberg, C Pearlman, W Schwartz. (1997). Using the Rorschach to Define Differences in Schizophrenics and the Implications for Treatment. Journal of the American …
- Schwartz, W. (1993) Problem Representation in Dreams. The Kekulé riddle: a challenge for chemists and …, Glenview Pr
- Greenberg, R., Katz, H., Schwartz, W., Pearlman, C. (1992). A Research-Based Reconsi... J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 40:531-550.
- Schwartz, W. (1990). A psychoanalytic approach to dreamwork - Dreamtime and dreamwork: Decoding the language of …
- Schwartz, W., Godwyn, M. (1988). Action and representation in ordinary and lucid dreams. Conscious mind, sleeping brain: Perspectives on lucid …
- Schwartz, W. (1984)The two concepts of action and responsibility in psychoanalysis. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic …
- Schwartz, W.R. (1982). The problem of other possible persons: Dolphins, primates, and aliens. Advances in Descriptive Psychology.
- R Greenberg, C Pearlman, WR Schwartz, HY (1983). Memory, emotion, and REM sleep. J Abnorm Psycholo
- Schwartz, W. (1980). Hypnosis and episodic memory. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental …
- Schwartz, W. (1979) Degradation, accreditation, and rites of passage. Psychiatry.
- Schwartz, W. (1978). Time and context during hypnotic involvement. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental …, 1978
- Schwartz, W.R. (1977). Time and context in the hypnotic state: an examination of some state specific effects. University of Colorado at Boulder