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Flirting with virtual reality.

Lawrence Friedman1

  • 1oldtemplegate@earthlink.net

The Psychoanalytic Quarterly
|August 18, 2005
PubMed
Summary
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Psychoanalysis uses a virtual reality of the patient-analyst relationship for exploration. However, abandoning the distinction between virtual and actual experiences may offer comfort but diminish therapeutic depth.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychotherapy

Background:

  • Psychoanalysis traditionally involves navigating a 'virtual reality' of the patient-analyst relationship.
  • This involves alternating awareness between the virtual (internal world) and actual (external reality).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the implications of blurring the lines between virtual and actual experiences in psychoanalysis.
  • To explore how recent philosophical shifts and doubts about transference impact this dynamic.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of psychoanalytic theory and practice.
  • Review of philosophical developments impacting the understanding of transference and reconstruction.

Main Results:

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  • Analysts often simplify the experience by favoring either virtuality or actuality, or denying the distinction.
  • Recent trends and theoretical doubts encourage a less distinct separation between virtual and actual states.

    • Conclusions:

    • While reducing the 'flickering uncertainty' may provide comfort for patients and analysts, it risks losing crucial therapeutic elements.
    • Maintaining the distinction between virtual and actual is vital for the depth of psychoanalytic work.