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Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
2013-2024
Chestnut Hill College
2004-2022
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2018-2022
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OBJECTIVE: This report contains preliminary data from an open trial of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy for panic disorder. METHOD: Fourteen patients with primary DSM-IV disorder completed a 24-session, twice-weekly course psychotherapy. Other psychiatric treatment was not permitted throughout the 12-week period and 6-month follow-up. Symptoms were assessed at baseline, termination, posttermination follow-up (40 weeks). RESULTS: Statistically significant, clinically meaningful improvements...
The significance of the conscious ego in interpretive process has increasingly come under scrutiny. It is becoming clearer that analyst's view orients his approach, and subtly sets goals analysis. At various times Freud championed analytic importance ego, alternately rejected its significance. Hartmann's stimulated research into a developmental line while investigations clinical psychoanalysis lagged far behind. understanding resistances levels communication are explored.
(1974). Dimensions of the First Transitional Object. The Psychoanalytic Study Child: Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 215-229.
While action is increasingly viewed as ubiquitous throughout psychoanalytic treatment, our understanding of why it occurs limited by rudimentary views verbalization and action. Dynamic genetic interpretations action, usually given at a time resistance impasse, give only partial explanation the phenomenon. The question explored behavior may appear in form well its implication for interpretive strategies. A major premise that role ego has been overlooked, especially modes thinking associated...
There has been a recent surge of interest in type thinking seen some patients most the time, and all time. In past it was simply called regressive thinking, but attempts to be more specific have led by various names, like 'pre-symbolic', 'pre-conceptual' 'pre-operational'. What these labels attempt capture is that patient's at times, without representations closer actions. As clinical phenomena I prefer use Loewald's term, 'action-language', is, where words become bore, seduce, anger, etc....
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The individual mind of the patient, and how it works, are central topics this plenary address. In psychoanalysis we always dealing with a mind—a its own particular structure—and is fact singular importance in listen to, understand, communicate patients. Techniques geared to view presented. author reflects on challenges some contrasting current views as primarily coconstructed or relational matrix. Technique according highlights analyst's subjectivity actions treatment.
Important differences are emerging regarding the place where analysts believe most meaningful analytic work takes place. One area that highlights these distinct ways of working is analyst's view deep interpretations. Models underlying differing perspectives on this issue presented, along with an extended clinical example illustrates importance considering, in formulating interventions, concept a structured mind. A process accords patient's perspective greater privilege introduced.
AbstractAt an earlier time our work as analysts was easier. We searched for the repressed in order to make constructions that connected past present symptoms. Making these connections conscious, based upon continuing influence of Topographic theory, thought be curative factor psychoanalysis. Freud (1912, 1914) briefly expressed importance working but his main focus remained reconstructing past. The started fully articulated approximately 30-years ago, and has become a central part most views...
(2004). A missing link in psychoanalytic technique: Psychoanalytic consciousness. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis: Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 567-577.
The author focuses on the signifi cance of preconscious thinking, and its relationship to what we think as unconscious fantasies. He reopens Freud's forgotten struggle with while he explores thinking basis for about psychoanalytic treatment. This includes our goals in bringing an idea analysand's attention, role transitional space where thoughts feelings can be played with.
The author highlights self-observation as an important goal of psychoanalysis, separate from other concepts with which it is often confounded. To support this position, he presents clinical and developmental data, well observations by psychoanalysts on recent findings cognitive neuroscientists. He introduces the term 'pathological attractor sites' to capture challenge in moving belief reality one's own thoughts self-observation. Clinical techniques deal specific are presented.