Transference and transference interpretation revisited
Why a parsimonious model of practice may be useful
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8973408 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Tuckett (0000-0002-6275-2289, The Psychoanalysis Unit and Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty, University College London, London, UK; Institute of Psychoanalysis, London, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 852-876 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207578.2019.1664906 |
| PMID | 33952107 |
| OpenAlex | W2994832815 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 18 |
What psychoanalysts consider psychoanalytic interpretation, in what setting it emerges and specifically why, when and how transference should be interpreted, have become increasingly unclear and controversial. In this paper I set out, elaborate, illustrate and argue the value for post-session reflection, certainly within the object relations traditions, of adopting a parsimonious model of practice. The model rests on the foundations of a specific understanding of free association, evenly suspended attention, resistance and transference and separating two epistemologically distinct intentions in transference interpretation. One, transference construction, aims to make a patient aware of the unconscious ways a patient is behaving in sessions (and then outside them) and how and why that is happening. A second, transference designation, focuses on the more limited aim of making patients aware of how they unconsciously experience the psychoanalyst at specific moments of resistance in sessions. Both types of interpretation may help but, I argue, it is the latter that must form the bedrock for fundamental change
Cognitive psychology · Conceptualization · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Object (grammar · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Reflection (computer programming · Resistance (ecology · Session (web analytics · Set (abstract data type · Transference · Unconscious mind · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |