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One of the topics proposed for debate for the Scientific Seminars of the Romanian Society of Psychoanalysis for the year 2024 was psychoanalytic empathy. Aside from the texts of Bion and Kohut on the subject, proposed as handouts for the discussion, a particular attention received the book on psychoanalytic empathy written by Stefano Bolognini. I propose here a review of this book as a valuable textbook for all analysts, beginners or well-established practicians.
The volume was first published in 2002. Two decades later, psychoanalytic thinking did not bring any change to the original text, testifying for the solidity of Dr. Bolognini's research and establishing this volume as a valuable handbook of psychoanalytical technique, useful to all professionals in the field. Between the two editions, L'empatia psicoanalitica was translated in several languages such as English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, and others, accounting both for the attention given to the subject of empathy by analysts all over the world, as well as for the value of the book itself.
The comments that follow herein are based on the original text in Italian language of the second edition of L'empatia psicoanalitica, while the English quotations are excerpted from Malcom Garfield's English translation (Bolognini, 2004.)