Abstract
Abstract This article explores the contributions which a shift from Freudian to Sartrean metatheory might make to contemporary psychoanalysis. Beginning with a brief history of Sartre's deeply ambivalent relationship to traditional psychoanalysis, the article moves forward to reinterpret ego psychology and object relations theory from a Sartrean perspective and to point out ways in which a Sartrean reinterpretation could lead to more effective practice. A case is made for the importance of distinguishing between “neurotic anxiety” based on the “return of the repressed” and “existential anxiety” based on angst over one's freedom and inability to be a solid self at moments of deep level change in therapy. The importance of reciprocity in the client‐therapist relationship is emphasized.
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