ABSTRACT
Interpersonal and relational analysts need to become more familiar with the work of European and Latin American psychoanalytic writers. We need to grasp the nature of the intellectual and clinical commitments held by those analysts, especially the commitments that lead them to their perceptions of us, which are often critical of our views. If we comprehend their points of view from their perspectives—that is, not just from our own–we are in a position both to learn from them, and, when it is necessary (and it often is) to take issue with their criticisms. We have a chance to answer effectively those who criticize us, in other words, only if we understand them.
