Found in psychoanalysis and in other forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy, the analyst's or therapist's state of evenly suspended attention during the therapeutic session. Also called evenly hovering attention.
FREE-FLOATING ATTENTION: "Free floating attention is what a therapist does in sessions."
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "FREE-FLOATING ATTENTION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/free-floating-attention/ (accessed December 18, 2018).
