The teacher's headache

  • Stephen Appel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.9791/ajpanz.1998.05

Abstract

This article considers a psychosomatic symptom- migraine - produced in the author while teaching a course on psychoanalysis. Referring to a dream and to case material, the article reflects upon 1. the teaching relationship, 2. migraine headaches, 3. countertransference and 4. the nature of inquiry itself.

Author Biography

Stephen Appel

As recorded in 1998.

Dr Stephen Appel is a psychotherapist at Auckland Family Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre. He is senior lecturer in the School of Education, University of Auckland, and is author of Positioning Subjects: Psychoanalysis and Critical Educational Studies (Bergin & Garvey).

Published
1998-06-30
How to Cite
Appel, S. (1998). The teacher’s headache. Ata: Journal of Psychotherapy Aotearoa New Zealand, 4(1), 51-68. https://doi.org/10.9791/ajpanz.1998.05
Issue
Vol. 4 No. 1 (1998): Forum: The Journal of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (Inc.)
Section
Articles