Editing Psychoanalysis (section)

=== Relational psychoanalysis ===
''[[Relational psychoanalysis]]'' combines interpersonal psychoanalysis with object-relations theory and with inter-subjective theory as critical for mental health. It was introduced by [[Stephen A. Mitchell (psychologist)|Stephen Mitchell]].<ref>[[Stephen A. Mitchell (psychologist)|Mitchell, Stephen]]. 1997. ''Influence and Autonomy in Psychoanalysis''. [[The Analytic Press]].</ref> Relational psychoanalysis stresses how the individual's personality is shaped by both real and imagined relationships with others, and how these relationship patterns are re-enacted in the interactions between analyst and patient. Relational psychoanalysts have propounded their view of the necessity of helping certain detached, isolated patients develop the capacity for "mentalization" associated with thinking about relationships and themselves