The first interview
Anxieties and research on initiating psychoanalysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8973261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard Reith (0000-0002-4768-0889, Rue de Genéve 28, 1225 Chêne‐Bourg, Switzerland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 637-657 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-15 |
| 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 | 10.1111/1745-8315.12203 |
| PMID | 25220135 |
| OpenAlex | W1995097337 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
A qualitative clinical study of preliminary interviews by the Working Party on Initiating Psychoanalysis (WPIP) of the European Psychoanalytic Federation suggests that the unconscious dynamics in first interviews are extraordinarily powerful and that they give rise to deep unconscious anxieties in both patient and analyst, with the corresponding defences against them. Furthermore, the group dynamics observed in the clinical workshops and in the research team doing the study suggest that both the anxieties and the defences are conveyed to these groups in the form of unelaborated 'session residues' provoking renewed anxieties and defences in them. These findings contribute to our understanding of what goes on in first interviews, but also raise interesting questions about the psychoanalytic research process in psychoanalysis and how confrontation with the unknown is dealt with in that context. Rather than as a means to avoid anxiety, method in clinical research can be seen as a way to help the research group to contain its reactions and to tolerate them until the group finds its way to further elaboration. These points are illustrated with a clinical case drawn from the study
Anxiety · Context (archaeology · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Session (web analytics · Social science · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
Experiences in Groups
Reflections on Creative Aspects of Psychoanalytic Diagnosing
A Perspective on Doing a Consultation and Making the Recommendation of Analysis to a Prospective Analysand
The Parallelism Phenomenon in Psychoanalysis and Supervision
Initiating Psychoanalysis
On the value of ‘late Bion’ to analytic theory and practice
Creating analysts, creating analytic patients
The analyst's anxieties in the first interview
Weaving thoughts
The psychoanalyst of the future
Selecting a patient or initiating a psychoanalytic process
Psychoanalytic case presentations in a weaving thoughts group
From Anxiety to Method in the Behavioral Sciences
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |