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The transference neurosis in Freud's writings.

G S Reed1

  • 1Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, New York.

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
|January 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary

This paper explores Sigmund Freud's concept of transference neurosis, noting its evolution and reinterpretation. It suggests understanding psychoanalytic cure through symbolic transformation within the transference neurosis.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychodynamic Theory
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Reviews the evolution of transference neurosis in Freud's writings.
  • Examines Freud's early concept of the analyst battling patient disease.
  • Highlights the shift in Freud's drive theory (1920) with the death drive and sadism.

Discussion:

  • Analyzes how Freud's later theories altered the concept, making resistance the enemy, not disease.
  • Discusses Freud's cessation of using "transference neurosis" after 1926 without redefinition.
  • Proposes that Freud implied a distinction between transference as a transforming agent and transference neurosis as its result.

Key Insights:

  • Freud's concept of transference neurosis evolved significantly due to changes in his drive theory.
  • Psychoanalytic cure can be understood as a symbolic transformation re-experienced through transference neurosis.
  • The patient shifts from being an adversary to an ally in the therapeutic process.

Outlook:

  • Suggests retaining the concept of transference neurosis for its functional distinction.
  • Emphasizes understanding psychoanalytic cure via symbolic transformation.
  • Reinterprets transference neurosis as the result of transformative transference processes.

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