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Countertransference identification and fantasy in psychoanalytic process
1Faculty member at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
The Psychoanalytic Quarterly
|July 31, 2014
Summary
Psychoanalytic theorizing examines shifts in analyst feelings, exploring how fantasy shapes these changes. This study details how fantasy gives meaning to alterations in the analyst's attitude during treatment.
Area of Science:
- Psychoanalytic theory
- Psychotherapy research
Background:
- Contemporary psychoanalytic theorizing aims for nuanced understandings of the psychoanalytic process.
- Examining shifts in the analyst's countertransference is crucial for this understanding.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the role of fantasy in psychoanalytic process.
- To understand how fantasy shapes alterations in the analyst's feelings and thoughts during treatment.
Main Methods:
- Close examination of a specific moment of countertransference shift.
- Analysis of the role of fantasy in meaning-making during psychoanalytic treatment.
Main Results:
- Moments of countertransference shift are complex, integrating experiences across multiple levels and modes of perception.
- Fantasy plays a key role in giving form and meaning to these experienced alterations.
Conclusions:
- Understanding the role of fantasy in countertransference shifts enhances the psychoanalytic process.
- Further examination of these moments can deepen the meaning-making and progression of treatment.
Keywords:
CountertransferenceRackeranalytic processanalytic theorycompetitionempathyenactmentfantasyidentificationimpasseinterpretationnegative transferenceself-analysisMore Related Videos
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