A Psychoanalytic Approach to Burnout Syndrome in Helping Professionals

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Autori/ Authors:  Filip Bambúch 

In: Disputationes Scientificae Universitatis Catholicae in Ružomberok

ISSN: 1335-9185

Ročník/ Volume: XXVI.

Číslo/ Issue: 1

Strany/ Page Range: 21-33

Rok vydania/ Publication Year: 2026

Jazyk/ Language: Slovak

Vydavateľ/ Publisher: VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku

Abstrakt/ Abstract: This scientific article explores burnout syndrome in helping professionals, offering a profound psychoanalytic perspective on its aetiology, manifestations, and intervention possibilities. It analyzes the key dimensions of burnout – emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment – through the lens of psychoanalytic concepts such as the dynamics of the ego, id, and superego, defence mechanisms, the influence of early experiences and object relations, as well as the phenomena of transference and countertransference. The aim is to move beyond a descriptive understanding of the syndrome and to uncover the unconscious psychological processes that contribute to its onset and persistence in the context of demanding helping professions.

Kľúčové slová/ Keywords: Psychoanalytic concepts. Burnout syndrome. Psychoanalytic understanding of burnout. Helping professionals.

Citácia/ How to cite:

BAMBÚCH, Filip, 2026. Syndróm vyhorenia u pomáhajúcich pracovníkov z perspektívy psychoanalýzy. Disputationes Scientificae Universitatis Catholicae in Ružomberok. Online. Roč. XXVI., č. 1, s. 21-33. ISSN 1335-9185. Dostupné na:

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