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Interpretive neutrality.

Bernard Apfelbaum1

  • 1ba@bapfelbaumphd.com

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
|September 29, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Contemporary ego psychological and relational approaches implicitly use Freud's layering model, viewing defenses and defended-against material as distinct. This framework highlights the inherent influence in psychoanalytic interpretation and the analytic relationship.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Contemporary ego psychological and relational approaches are examined.
  • These approaches are analyzed through the lens of Freud's earlier, layering model.
  • The concept of defenses and defended-against material is explored within this framework.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate how contemporary psychoanalytic theories implicitly rely on foundational Freudian models.
  • To analyze the implications of this reliance for the understanding of defense mechanisms and interpretive neutrality.
  • To account for the perceived limitations of interpretation and the emphasis on the analytic relationship.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of published clinical examples.
  • Theoretical examination of ego psychological and relational psychoanalytic approaches.
  • Comparative analysis with Freud's layering model.

Main Results:

  • Contemporary ego psychological and relational approaches are shown to be pre-structural, appealing to Freud's layering model.
  • Defense and defended-against material are presented as categorically different.
  • Interpretive neutrality is identified as an unrealistic absence of influence.

Conclusions:

  • The inherent normativity of interpretation and analytic goals is highlighted.
  • The study explains pessimism regarding exclusive reliance on interpretation.
  • The importance of the analytic relationship's impact is underscored.

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