Interpersonal and Uniquely Personal Factors in Dream Analysis: Commentary on Paper by Susan H. Sands

Autor: Mark J. Blechner
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Psychoanalytic Dialogues. 20:374-381
ISSN: 1940-9222
1048-1885
DOI: 10.1080/10481885.2010.502470
Popis: There is a gradient in our description of psychoanalytic process, as to how much the analyst's reactions are caused by the patient's communications and needs, and how much they are caused by the analyst's own personality, including the analyst's storehouse of experiences, wishes, needs, and motivations. I consider Dr. Sands generous presentation of three of her patients' dreams and one of her own dreams to analyze the contribution of analyst and patient to the clinical interaction, in terms of overlap and difference. Such transference/countertransference interactions may lead to tertiary revision by the analyst of the patient's dream and may raise the question of how much the analyst's reaction is due to the patient's dissociation or the analyst's psychology. I also consider the implications of conceiving of “the unconscious” as a mental place versus “unconscious” being a potential property of any mental activity.
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