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Transformations of transference.

R S White1

  • 1Yale University.

The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child
|January 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary
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Transference involves present relationship experiences and repeating past ones. Enactment describes reexperiencing childhood dynamics in therapy, which analysts can transform through interpretation.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychotherapy

Background:

  • Transference encompasses both immediate relational experiences with the analyst and the repetition of past relationship patterns.
  • The concept of enactment is introduced to capture the vivid re-experiencing of early relational dynamics within the therapeutic relationship.

Observation:

  • The study explores the analyst's countertransference role in enactments.
  • It highlights how transference transformation arises from the interplay between regressive enactments and novel relational experiences.

Findings:

  • Enactment is a key mechanism for re-experiencing childhood relationships in the present analytic context.
  • Transference transformation is facilitated by the juxtaposition of regressive enactments and new, unfamiliar experiences within the therapeutic relationship.

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Implications:

  • Analysts can foster therapeutic change by interpreting patient resistances to both re-experiencing transference patterns and recognizing new elements in the relationship.
  • Understanding enactment and countertransference is crucial for facilitating positive transference development and therapeutic progress.