{"title":"Can I Be Your Witness? Discussion of Cynthia Chalker’s Paper: Can I Get A Witness? On Being Seen and Heard in a Relational Psychoanalytic Treatment","authors":"C. Ullman","doi":"10.1080/1551806x.2021.1941645","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"These comments center on two phrases repeated in Chalker’s paper. One is the poignant question “Can I get a witness?” The other phrase claims that difference alters understanding. Current relational literature on collective trauma and witnessing is reviewed, addressing Chalker’s question and clinical case.","PeriodicalId":38115,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Perspectives","volume":"18 1","pages":"384 - 389"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychoanalytic Perspectives","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1551806x.2021.1941645","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Psychology","Score":null,"Total":0}
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These comments center on two phrases repeated in Chalker’s paper. One is the poignant question “Can I get a witness?” The other phrase claims that difference alters understanding. Current relational literature on collective trauma and witnessing is reviewed, addressing Chalker’s question and clinical case.