Henrik Enckell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4141446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henrik Enckell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henrik |
| FAMILY NAME | Enckell |
| SIGNATURE | ENCKELL H |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Estnäsgatan 7 E 9, 00170 , Helsingfors , Finland E-mail |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Self-analysis, interaction, and the impact of the analyst – the case of Amalia X
How do psychoanalytic therapies bring about change? Previously we have shown empirically how self-observation as precondition for self-analysis developed through different steps in Amalia X’s intensively studied case during session 152–156. The central problematic theme was Amalia’s relationship to her vulnerability: from being a paralyzed victim at the mercy of others in the beginning to reaching a new sense of agency at the end, how she had tak…
The development of self-observation as precondition for self-analysis – the case of Amalia X
Psychotherapeutic orientations generally aim to develop a new kind of self-observation, though they differ in the methods used to achieve this. In psychoanalysis, the capacity for self-analysis is considered a main objective. As central as the self-analytic function is, being the route by which the psychoanalytic process may continue after treatment termination, empirical research on self-analysis is sparse. In this study, we attempt to show empi…
Choreographies in the beginnings of psychoanalytic psychotherapy sessions with an adult male patient
This case study focuses on the meanings of nonverbal and bodily expressions of a patient and a therapist in creating a confidential psychoanalytic relationship in the first moments of psychotherapy sessions. During a two-and-a-half-year therapy process, 25 therapy sessions with one patient were videorecorded by a therapist-researcher. Psychoanalytic understanding and an artistic research method that emphasizes the importance of the researcher’s e…
Anders Zachrisson (1943-2024)
Anders Zachrisson, PhLic, Training and Supervising psychoanalyst, died in Oslo March 29th, 2024. He was 80 years old.Zachrisson was born on November 11th, 1943, into a farmer ́s house in Dalsland, S
Pentti Ikonen (1924-2024)
Pentti Ikonen, MA, Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, Honorary member of the Finnish Psychoanalytical Society, died on April 5th, 2024, in Ilomantsi. He was 99 years old.Ikonen was born in Jää
Two models of masochism
In this paper, the author discusses two models of masochism. The starting point is a two-perspective theory on therapeutic action, put forward at the Anna Freud Centre. In one model, focus is on processes reflecting functions the patient has acquired (or not). In the other model, focus is on available representations. In the latter theory, one goes into the psychic material (the representations), in process or function theory, again, one concentr…
Jussi Kotkavirta 1954–2021
Jussi Kotkavirta, former Editor of this journal, died on 24 May 2021. He had been sick for many years, but remained active until the last months of his life. Jussi became 67 years old.Jussi was bor
A moment within the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of an adult female patient – The meanings of nonverbal and bodily expressions
This case study adresses the multiple meanings of a moment of strong non-verbal and bodily expression within a course of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. One therapy session was video-recorded in the private practice of the therapist-researcher. In selecting important moments for qualitative analysis, two criteria were used: 1) the moment included intense nonverbal or bodily expression 2) the moment was experienced by the therapist as intensely affe…
Fried and Freud on the Acropolis; on duality in the base of psychoanalytic thinking
Freud was conflicted in relation to his religious background. On the one hand, he was very clear on his adherence to a scientific Weltanschauung. On the other, he was fascinated by the Moses figure and one may see a Judaist structure in his way of thinking. The aim of this paper is to reflect on this conflict and the question of faith in psychoanalysis. After looking at object and method in religion and psychoanalysis, the authors go into the con…
Variations of the past. Reflections on memory in contemporary psychoanalysis
In Jewish thought, contradictory positions may be legitimate. This is seen in Freud ́s position in relation to tradition and memory: remembrance is valuable, but so is a movement forward. The main claim of this paper is that psychoanalysis in this respect has changed. While in especially the early Freudian position, one could see a stress on the importance of going back to earlier times, object relation theory mainly stresses the importance of fa…
Carlos Saura’s Blood wedding
Carlos Saura, born 1932, is one of Spain’s most renowned film directors. His breakthrough was Cria cuervos (Raise Ravens), a psychological family drama from 1976. Saura’s final international reputa
The companion to the unknown. With the question as a starting-point and the mystery as a destination
Many authors have shown that Freud, irrespective of his own claims, was influenced by his Jewish background, and that this background forms part of his scientific contribution. Today, many psychoanalysts say that we have parted from many of Freud ́s basic assumptions, and that contemporary psychoanalytic theory is based on empirical evidence. One may thus ask if the Jewish origins have vanished from the scene of psychoanalysis. The claim of this …
Eero Rechardt
Reflection in psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is an art of reflection, i.e. it tries to facilitate the subject's retrieval of his own self. The 'material' to be reflected upon consists of the products of human symbolization. But there are two views of reflection. In one, the self is searched in a temporal, structural and procedural 'anterior' (the model of archaeology). In the other the self is to be found in a still evolving meaning process, i.e. it resides in a 'future' (the…
Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience
The psychoanalytic theory of motivation
During the last two decades, the self-image of psychoanalysis has changed. This paper suggests that Paul Ricoeur's model of reflection may be used to put these changes into focus. According to Ricoeur, we may look for the subject in an archaeological look backward, or in a teleology reaching forward. The aim of this paper is to put psychoanalytic motivational theory in perspective through this model. Freud stated clearly that the drive gets us go…
Consortium for academic psychoanalytic research—a report
The Activities in the Scandinavian Societies 2005
(2006). THE ACTIVITIES IN THE SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETIES 2005. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review: Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 43-46
Metaphor and the violent act
During the treatment of violent individuals who were, incidentally, highly verbal, the authors noticed that physical assaults were often preceded by the perpetrator' s use of metaphors. It was observed that the linguistic metaphors failed to function as ordinary 'as if' devices and became 'concretised'. When this occurred, the perpetrators resorted to a physical attack. In this paper, the authors argue that the capacity to interconnect (which is …
On the metapsychology of affects
This study is an attempt to provide a uniform model for how the phenomenon and conditions of emotions can be understood within psychoanalysis. Emotions will be considered from three angles: drive, representation and perception. First, Freud's early drive theory will be reviewed. According to this theory, somatic demands seek a place in the world of representations. The drive finds a representative in what later authors have termed a mental matrix…
The Activities in the Scandinavian Societies 2004
Mellemvaerende; En Diskussion Af Begrebet Borderline
The Activities in the Scandinavian Societies 2003
(2004). THE ACTIVITIES IN THE SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETIES 2003. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review: Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 58-62
The history of The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review
In this paper, the history of the The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review is described by three of its chief editors. The background and the founding of the journal is first described. This is followed by a description of the editorial policies of the different periods, including special occasions and problems as well as descriptions of the result of the editorial work. The paper concludes with some general remarks about the journal and its immedi…
The results of the manuscript competition
(2000). The results of the manuscript competition. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review: Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 1-2
Reflection in psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is an art of reflection, i.e. it tries to facilitate the subject's retrieval of his own self. The 'material' to be reflected upon consists of the products of human symbolization. But there are two views of reflection. In one, the self is searched in a temporal, structural and procedural 'anterior' (the model of archaeology). In the other the self is to be found in a still evolving meaning process, i.e. it resides in a 'future' (the…
Transference, metaphor and the poetics of psychoanalysis
This paper investigates the structure and function of transference through the theory of metaphor. Transference is described as a manner of experiencing—and relating to—the analyst, manifesting an unconscious fantasy. The unconscious fantasy may be seen as a specific pattern of action, and the transference relationship as a step in the actualization of this pattern. This description is related to Sandler's and Sandler's conceptualization of a pas…
Metaphor and the violent act
During the treatment of violent individuals who were, incidentally, highly verbal, the authors noticed that physical assaults were often preceded by the perpetrator' s use of metaphors. It was observed that the linguistic metaphors failed to function as ordinary 'as if' devices and became 'concretised'. When this occurred, the perpetrators resorted to a physical attack. In this paper, the authors argue that the capacity to interconnect (which is …
On the metapsychology of affects
This study is an attempt to provide a uniform model for how the phenomenon and conditions of emotions can be understood within psychoanalysis. Emotions will be considered from three angles: drive, representation and perception. First, Freud's early drive theory will be reviewed. According to this theory, somatic demands seek a place in the world of representations. The drive finds a representative in what later authors have termed a mental matrix…
The companion to the unknown. With the question as a starting-point and the mystery as a destination
Many authors have shown that Freud, irrespective of his own claims, was influenced by his Jewish background, and that this background forms part of his scientific contribution. Today, many psychoanalysts say that we have parted from many of Freud ́s basic assumptions, and that contemporary psychoanalytic theory is based on empirical evidence. One may thus ask if the Jewish origins have vanished from the scene of psychoanalysis. The claim of this …
The psychoanalytic theory of motivation
During the last two decades, the self-image of psychoanalysis has changed. This paper suggests that Paul Ricoeur's model of reflection may be used to put these changes into focus. According to Ricoeur, we may look for the subject in an archaeological look backward, or in a teleology reaching forward. The aim of this paper is to put psychoanalytic motivational theory in perspective through this model. Freud stated clearly that the drive gets us go…
The Poetics of Construction
The Poetics of Construction
The XVI Nordic Psychoanalytical Congress and Precongress
Manuscript Award
Transference, metaphor and the poetics of psychoanalysis
This paper investigates the structure and function of transference through the theory of metaphor. Transference is described as a manner of experiencing—and relating to—the analyst, manifesting an unconscious fantasy. The unconscious fantasy may be seen as a specific pattern of action, and the transference relationship as a step in the actualization of this pattern. This description is related to Sandler's and Sandler's conceptualization of a pas…
The results of the manuscript competition
(2000). The results of the manuscript competition. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review: Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 1-2
The history of The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review
In this paper, the history of the The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review is described by three of its chief editors. The background and the founding of the journal is first described. This is followed by a description of the editorial policies of the different periods, including special occasions and problems as well as descriptions of the result of the editorial work. The paper concludes with some general remarks about the journal and its immedi…
The Activities in the Scandinavian Societies 2003
(2004). THE ACTIVITIES IN THE SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETIES 2003. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review: Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 58-62
Metaphor and the violent act
During the treatment of violent individuals who were, incidentally, highly verbal, the authors noticed that physical assaults were often preceded by the perpetrator' s use of metaphors. It was observed that the linguistic metaphors failed to function as ordinary 'as if' devices and became 'concretised'. When this occurred, the perpetrators resorted to a physical attack. In this paper, the authors argue that the capacity to interconnect (which is …
On the metapsychology of affects
This study is an attempt to provide a uniform model for how the phenomenon and conditions of emotions can be understood within psychoanalysis. Emotions will be considered from three angles: drive, representation and perception. First, Freud's early drive theory will be reviewed. According to this theory, somatic demands seek a place in the world of representations. The drive finds a representative in what later authors have termed a mental matrix…
The Activities in the Scandinavian Societies 2004
Mellemvaerende; En Diskussion Af Begrebet Borderline
The Activities in the Scandinavian Societies 2005
(2006). THE ACTIVITIES IN THE SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETIES 2005. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review: Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 43-46
The psychoanalytic theory of motivation
During the last two decades, the self-image of psychoanalysis has changed. This paper suggests that Paul Ricoeur's model of reflection may be used to put these changes into focus. According to Ricoeur, we may look for the subject in an archaeological look backward, or in a teleology reaching forward. The aim of this paper is to put psychoanalytic motivational theory in perspective through this model. Freud stated clearly that the drive gets us go…
Consortium for academic psychoanalytic research—a report
Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience
Reflection in psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is an art of reflection, i.e. it tries to facilitate the subject's retrieval of his own self. The 'material' to be reflected upon consists of the products of human symbolization. But there are two views of reflection. In one, the self is searched in a temporal, structural and procedural 'anterior' (the model of archaeology). In the other the self is to be found in a still evolving meaning process, i.e. it resides in a 'future' (the…
Eero Rechardt
Carlos Saura’s Blood wedding
Carlos Saura, born 1932, is one of Spain’s most renowned film directors. His breakthrough was Cria cuervos (Raise Ravens), a psychological family drama from 1976. Saura’s final international reputa
The companion to the unknown. With the question as a starting-point and the mystery as a destination
Many authors have shown that Freud, irrespective of his own claims, was influenced by his Jewish background, and that this background forms part of his scientific contribution. Today, many psychoanalysts say that we have parted from many of Freud ́s basic assumptions, and that contemporary psychoanalytic theory is based on empirical evidence. One may thus ask if the Jewish origins have vanished from the scene of psychoanalysis. The claim of this …
Variations of the past. Reflections on memory in contemporary psychoanalysis
In Jewish thought, contradictory positions may be legitimate. This is seen in Freud ́s position in relation to tradition and memory: remembrance is valuable, but so is a movement forward. The main claim of this paper is that psychoanalysis in this respect has changed. While in especially the early Freudian position, one could see a stress on the importance of going back to earlier times, object relation theory mainly stresses the importance of fa…
Fried and Freud on the Acropolis; on duality in the base of psychoanalytic thinking
Freud was conflicted in relation to his religious background. On the one hand, he was very clear on his adherence to a scientific Weltanschauung. On the other, he was fascinated by the Moses figure and one may see a Judaist structure in his way of thinking. The aim of this paper is to reflect on this conflict and the question of faith in psychoanalysis. After looking at object and method in religion and psychoanalysis, the authors go into the con…
A moment within the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of an adult female patient – The meanings of nonverbal and bodily expressions
This case study adresses the multiple meanings of a moment of strong non-verbal and bodily expression within a course of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. One therapy session was video-recorded in the private practice of the therapist-researcher. In selecting important moments for qualitative analysis, two criteria were used: 1) the moment included intense nonverbal or bodily expression 2) the moment was experienced by the therapist as intensely affe…
Jussi Kotkavirta 1954–2021
Jussi Kotkavirta, former Editor of this journal, died on 24 May 2021. He had been sick for many years, but remained active until the last months of his life. Jussi became 67 years old.Jussi was bor
Two models of masochism
In this paper, the author discusses two models of masochism. The starting point is a two-perspective theory on therapeutic action, put forward at the Anna Freud Centre. In one model, focus is on processes reflecting functions the patient has acquired (or not). In the other model, focus is on available representations. In the latter theory, one goes into the psychic material (the representations), in process or function theory, again, one concentr…
Anders Zachrisson (1943-2024)
Anders Zachrisson, PhLic, Training and Supervising psychoanalyst, died in Oslo March 29th, 2024. He was 80 years old.Zachrisson was born on November 11th, 1943, into a farmer ́s house in Dalsland, S
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