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Middle Phase
December 10, 2021 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Wyman Classroom
Fourth Year Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2021-22, 2nd Trimester — Fridays, 3:30-5:00pm
Katherine Weissbourd, PhD
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December 10, 2021 — Defenses and interpretation
[35 pages]
Russell begins with the classic Freudian theory of the repetition compulsion. Although the language is traditional, the overall perspective is one of maintaining a therapeutic relationship as a source of security and emotional contact, so that traumatic repetition can be relinquished.
Reed then presents two approaches to this: Ferro wants to stay right with his patients, constructing a narrative that keeps them engaged as they develop an understanding of their inner states. Arlow remains focused on the patient’s internal conflicts between wish and defense. His stance is interpretive, and keeps more of a distance between the minds of the analyst and the patient. When is each approach useful, and why?
Pages: 34
Russell, P. (1998) The Role of Paradox in the Repetition Compulsion in Trauma, Repetition, and Affect Regulation: The Work of Paul Russell. pp1-22.
Reed, G.S. (2015). Visions of Interpretation: Ferro’s Bicycle and Arlow’s Home Movie Screen. Psychoanal. Inq., 35(5):465-477.
