A shadow concept

• DOI: 10.1516/f8m4-trm7-xnrp-9ba6
• Publication Date: 2010-10-21T13:47:05Z
• Authors: FRED BUSCH
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Thinking; Unconscious, Psychology; 05 social sciences; Humans; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; Fantasy; Dreams; Psychoanalytic Therapy

The author focuses on the significance of preconscious thinking, and its relationship to what we think of as unconscious fantasies. He reopens Freud's forgotten struggle with preconscious thinking, while he explores preconscious thinking as the basis for thinking about psychoanalytic treatment. This includes our goals in bringing an idea to the analysand's attention, and the role of transitional space where thoughts and feelings can be played with.