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Constructing Intimate Space Through Narration: Ferenczi's Clinical Diary.

Kathleen Kelley-Lainé1

  • 1SPP France, 109 Rue de Vaugirard, 75006, Paris, France. Kathleen.kelley49@gmail.com.

American Journal of Psychoanalysis
|October 23, 2019
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Summary

Psychoanalysis utilizes free association as a subversive technique to uncover new psychic spaces by bypassing conditioning. This method, explored through Ferenczi

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Area of Science:

  • Psychoanalytic theory and practice
  • Psychodynamic psychotherapy
  • Clinical psychology

Background:

  • Psychoanalysis is fundamentally a narrative activity.
  • Free association is presented as a subversive method to penetrate conditioning and foster psychic change.
  • Neurotic functioning requires economic shifts in psychic investment for transformation.

Observation:

  • The psychoanalyst's role involves facilitating free association to initiate and support this "subversive activity."
  • Challenges emerge when patients or analysts struggle with the symbolic and metaphorical nature of free association.
  • Sándor Ferenczi advocated for an intimate, mutual analytical process, contrasting with Freud's perceived emotional distance.

Findings:

  • Ferenczi's Clinical Diary is examined as a model for constructing an intimate analytic space through narration.
Keywords:
Ferenczianalytical spaceintimacynarrationsubversive

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  • The study seeks to identify Ferenczi's specific techniques for engaging in this "subversive activity" within the analytic setting.
  • The exploration highlights the importance of the analyst's personal experience in guiding the patient's process.

    • Implications:

    • Understanding Ferenczi's approach offers insights into fostering deeper therapeutic intimacy.
    • The findings suggest methods for overcoming resistance to free association in psychoanalysis.
    • This research contributes to the discourse on the transformative potential of narrative and intimacy in psychoanalytic treatment.