ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author discusses the relationship of three topics, all from the perspective of a clinical psychoanalyst. The first is the analyst’s use of self-analysis in the service of his patient, the second is applied psychoanalysis as it is practiced by the typical psychoanalyst with an interest in using analysis outside the clinical setting, and the third is psychoanalytic fieldwork. The author suggests that some interdisciplinary research involving a collaborating psychoanalyst and a scholar from another field might entail the analyst’s use of self-analysis as a way of understanding the topic under study, through enhancing the insights of both collaborators. He also discusses points of similarity and difference with certain field workers, so that his research methodology will make more sense as it is framed in an intellectual and scientific tradition. The author provides a description of the relationship of the self-analytic skills of a clinical analyst, psychoanalytic interdisciplinary teamwork and research, and psychoanalytic fieldwork.
