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[Brief analytic psychotherapy and psychological change]
Schweizer Archiv Fur Neurologie, Neurochirurgie Und Psychiatrie = Archives Suisses De Neurologie, Neurochirurgie Et De Psychiatrie
|January 1, 1984
Summary
Psychotherapy techniques are influenced by the setting, but psychoanalytic principles like free association and neutrality can be maintained in brief analytic psychotherapy. Understanding contextual changes allows for adherence to Freudian hypotheses on transference, resistance, and change.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychotherapy Research
Context:
- Explores principles of brief analytic psychotherapy at the PPU of Lausanne.
- Compares different psychotherapy techniques and their impact on the therapeutic process.
Purpose:
- To demonstrate the influence of the therapeutic setting on psychotherapy.
- To show that psychoanalytic principles can be upheld in psychotherapy.
Summary:
- The study posits that despite setting-induced changes in psychotherapy, core psychoanalytic principles (free association, neutrality, interpretation) can be maintained.
- This is achieved by understanding how the psychotherapeutic context alters psychic functioning, aligning with Freudian concepts of transference as a factor in both resistance and change.
Impact:
- Highlights the adaptability of psychoanalytic principles within different therapeutic modalities.
- Provides a framework for understanding and applying psychoanalytic concepts in brief analytic psychotherapy.