Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy
When considering the concept of ‘time’ in analysis (psychotherapy), it is important to recognize:
- Time in treatment is nonlinear: the past is being re-experienced in the present and considered for the future.
- Individuals develop a sense of time during the early stages of life (rooted in infancy).
- Time can serve as a container for the frame of sessions
Parallel Process, Mysticism, & The Unresolved
It is precisely this transference and this resistance that need to be exposed, identified, and dissolved. By analyzing the patient’s free associations and resistances to free associations, Freud believed, he could gain access to both sides of the pathogenic conflict: (1) the secret feelings and memories and (2) the defenses—the thoughts and
... See moreMargaret J. Black • Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought
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S. Freud, On Beginning the Treatment, 1913
The Inner Canvas Collectivex.comClothing and style, as described above, are evocative. Our choices in what to wear reflect personal fantasies and desires, both affecting us and influencing the perceptions of others. The responses we provoke are, in part, shaped by our earliest memories of being dressed before we could dress ourselves.
Style & Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy in general, especially psychodynamic-based therapy, focuses on examining internalized relationship patterns. These internal representations develop during infancy and early childhood through dynamic interactions with caregivers. They serve as templates for how a person manages and guides their relationship to self and others.... See more
The Inner Canvas Collectivex.comPsychotherapists must remain attuned to the extraordinary holding of the patient in their mind between or outside of sessions. Longer periods may provide ample warning that the pts' wounds are activating the therapists’ vulnerabilities. When these arise, instead of bearing such struggles alone, therapists can seek support from a trusted colleague... See more
The Inner Canvas Collectivex.comAlthough countertransference originated from psychoanalytic thought, it is now widely recognized as a vital component of the psychotherapeutic relationship across various theoretical approaches to psychotherapy. From a modern perspective, countertransference is seen as an inevitable part of the relationship and the “third channel of... See more
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