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[Progress in psychoanalytic treatment]

A C de Matos1

  • 1Departamento de Pedopsiquiatria, Hospital D. Estefânia, Lisboa.

Acta Medica Portuguesa
|April 2, 1998
PubMed
Summary

Psychoanalytic treatment is most effective through an intersubjective lens, resolving pathological relational patterns. The analyst facilitates a new relationship, transforming the patient

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Area of Science:

  • Psychoanalytic theory
  • Psychodynamic psychology
  • Clinical psychology

Background:

  • Pathological psychic development stems from internalized childhood relationships.
  • These patterns dictate current choices and relationships, perpetuating pathology.
  • The psychoanalytic relationship offers a space to address these patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the effectiveness of psychoanalytic treatment.
  • To emphasize an interactive, intersubjective approach to psychic development.
  • To highlight the role of countertransference in the therapeutic process.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of pathological relational styles within the psychoanalytic relationship.
  • Facilitation of a new, healthier relationship by the psychoanalyst.
  • Integration of the new relationship into the patient's daily life.

Main Results:

  • Resolution of pathological relational patterns.
  • Transformation of the patient's internal relational patterns through new experiences.
  • Consolidation of a new internal relational pattern signifies the end of treatment.

Conclusions:

  • Psychoanalytic cure is a transformative process driven by the analyst.
  • Countertransference is identified as the primary driving force in the curing process.
  • Precedence and priority should be given to countertransference in psychoanalytic treatment.

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