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Freud's concept of working through.

The Psychoanalytic Quarterly

|January 1, 1983

Summary

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Psychoanalytic working through involves patient labor in two phases: insight into resistance and change. This process highlights the interplay of remembering and repeating, revealing a will to recover and remember.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Psychoanalysis

Background:

Sigmund Freud's concept of 'working through' is central to patient engagement in psychoanalysis.
Working through is defined as the patient's labor, encompassing insight and change, rather than a therapist technique.

Purpose of the Study:

To explicate the phases of working through (insight and change) in psychoanalysis.
To examine the collaborative yet conflicting roles of remembering and repeating in overcoming resistance.
To explore the metapsychological underpinnings of resistance, including id-resistance, repetition compulsion, and the death instinct.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of Freud's 'working through' concept.
Examination of the dynamics between remembering and repeating in psychoanalytic resistance.

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Metapsychological exploration of id-resistance, repetition compulsion, and the death instinct.

Main Results:

Working through is characterized by the patient's active labor in two phases: recognizing and overcoming resistances.
The process involves the interplay of remembering and repeating, which are essential for achieving insight and change.
Metapsychological analysis identifies id-resistance, repetition compulsion, and the death instinct as key components of resistance.

Conclusions:

The concept of working through provides evidence for a patient's 'will to recovery'.
In the psychoanalytic setting, this 'will to recovery' manifests as a 'will to remember'.
Understanding working through is crucial for comprehending patient agency and therapeutic progress in psychoanalysis.