The analyst's excitement in the analysis of perversion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8971127 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen D Purcell (2116 Sutter StSan Francisco, CA 94115USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 105-123 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1516/0898-4r0p-p24x-1mmf |
| PMID | 16635863 |
| OpenAlex | W2085798139 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 12 |
The author believes that unconscious sexual excitement in the transference and countertransference is an especially problematic aspect of the analysis of perverse character pathology and that perverse sexual gratification deserves a more prominent position in the clinical theory of analyzing perversion than that which has been assigned tacitly through analysts' routine focus on the defensive and destructive dynamics of perversion. He presents clinical material from the analysis of a perverse patient that illustrates the role of excitement in the transference perversion established in this analysis; and he asserts that gratifying perverse enactments occurring in the transference perversion can appear not only as conscious or unconscious excitement in the transference but also, at times most clearly, as the analyst's excitement. The author suggests that using a clinical theory that supports the analyst in understanding his excited responses as perverse countertransferences--i.e. evoked excitement complementary to the sexual component of a perverse transference--will assist him in locating and thinking about gratifying, perverse excitement in the transference where it is most usefully analyzed. Finally, he discusses some of the reasons why analysts might deny, suppress or otherwise avoid perverse countertransferences and in so doing contribute to sustaining perverse resistances
Countertransference · Perversion · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Transference · Unconscious mind · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2020 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |