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Language, transference, and the developmental context in child analysis.

Lissa Weinstein1

  • 1Parent-Infant Center, City University of New York, USA.

The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child
|May 2, 2003
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Silence in child analysis is a complex symptom, not mere resistance. It communicates meaning and shapes the therapeutic relationship, influencing interpretation and developmental phases.

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Silence in child analysis is often viewed as resistance.
  • Its origins are linked to early parent-child dynamics.
  • Later developmental phases rework the meaning of silence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the multifaceted meaning of silence in child analysis.
  • To explore silence's impact on the transferential relationship.
  • To understand silence as a form of linguistic communication.

Main Methods:

  • Case study analysis of a ten-year-old boy.
  • Examination of silence as a multiply determined symptom.
  • Conceptualization of silence within developmental phases.

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Main Results:

  • Silence is a powerful communication, not simply absence of sound.
  • It defends against forbidden wishes but is more than resistance.
  • Silence defines the therapeutic arena for analysis to progress.

Conclusions:

  • Silence is a dynamic element in child analysis, intertwined with wishes.
  • It serves as a boundary and a form of communication.
  • The necessity of patient speech for mutative interpretation is questioned.