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Can a liar be psychoanalysed?

E O'Shaughnessy

    The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis
    |January 1, 1990
    PubMed
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    Psychoanalysis challenges habitual liars by revealing primitive communication anxieties. Addressing these anxieties within the transference can initiate a genuine analytic process, transforming the patient-analyst relationship.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Psychoanalysis
    • Psychiatry

    Background:

    • Lying presents unique challenges in psychoanalysis due to its reliance on truthfulness.
    • Habitual lying is often rooted in primitive anxieties and doubts regarding communication with significant early relationships.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the psychoanalytic understanding of lying as a primitive defense mechanism.
    • To illustrate how addressing lying in the transference can facilitate the psychoanalytic process.

    Main Methods:

    • Clinical case illustration of psychoanalytic treatment with a patient exhibiting habitual lying.
    • Analysis of transference dynamics, focusing on the patient's identification with and anxiety about the "lying object" (the analyst).

    Main Results:

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    • Lying in analysis is understood as a primitive communication stemming from identification with and anxiety about a "lying object."
    • The analyst, as the transference object, becomes central to this dynamic.

    Conclusions:

    • Understanding lying at its fundamental level, particularly within the transference, is crucial for initiating a genuine psychoanalytic process.
    • This approach can transform the therapeutic relationship and facilitate deeper analytic work.