The difficulty of being together without being the same
Identifications and differentiations in countertransference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20480368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hara Karamanolaki (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 189-194 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Forum of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0803-706X • E-ISSN: 1651-2324 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0803706x.2012.657676 |
| OpenAlex | W2000988678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
The psychoanalytic encounter (Begegnung) is the starting point of the analyst's and analysand's journey. For this journey to be productive, it is necessary for the analyst to be able to identify with the analysand, thus being able to feel and understand what he or she feels. Both analyst and analysand contribute to this mostly unconscious identification. Sometimes, however, a merging relationship can be created as a result of traumatic traces and unresolved transference conflicts in the mind of the analyst. This merging, excluding any “third” between the analyst and the analysand, can provide shelter from the psychic pain of mourning the loss of the other, but can also hinder development and creativity. This is when the working-through of the analyst's countertransference can allow the analytic thought to be the “third” and the merging relationship to be interrupted. The differentiation of the analyst is the necessary precondition for the subsequent differentiation of the analysand. This paper discusses this situation based on a clinical case in which a dream of the analyst initiated her reflective process and, by working through the countertransference, the analytic process was facilitated
Countertransference · Creativity · Dream · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Transference · Unconscious mind · Working through · Medicine · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
Clinical notes on the inner experiences of the analyst
Projective identification, containment and sojourn in the psyche
On counter-transference 1
The Meanings and Uses of Countertransference
Dreaming as a ‘curtain of illusion’
Transformations in dreaming and characters in the psychoanalytic field
The deconstruction of primary narcissism
From symbolic law to narrative capacity
The countertransference dream
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |