Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
Item type
Article
Authors
O'Dowd, Samus
Citation
Publisher
Journal
IAAAC Journal
Downloaded
8-Jun-2016 14:04:57
Item License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Link to item
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/270459
As a clinician who has been studying the work of Freud and Lacan [a
French psychoanalyst] for over thirteen years now; I have often
encountered a myriad of responses to the clinical work I engage in, some
examples include: Sure havent all Freuds theories been disproved?,
Wasnt he a cocaine addict and his theories resulted from the effects of
his cocaine usage? to Surely the evidence base suggests that
psychoanalysis is an outdated treatment modality?
Samus ODowd. M.A., A.P.P.I., I.A.A.A.C.
Published in I.A.A.A.C Journal. Summer 2010
Each of these viewpoints are worthy of a paper of their own. The main
body of Freuds work consists of his famous case histories, a mass of
theoretical papers littered with clinical vignettes, and of course his study
of certain topics such as religion, art, civilization and society, and group
psychology.
fully comprehend what has been said in its totality and embracing a
complex myriad of multiple connotations. Additionally, Freud noted that
the primary measure in psychotherapeutic treatment is the articulation of
words, describing them as the essential tool of mental treatment. [Freud
1905b: 283] Moreover, Freud discusses the magical quality that words
possess, he notes words are the most important media by which one man
seeks to bring his influence to bear upon another; words are a good
method of producing mental changes in the person to who they are
addressed. [Freud 1905b: 292]
The
word for word, not censoring any of the content. In fact, Frost suggests
the fundamental rule of analysis is even simpler; all that is required is that
the client and therapist to be in the same room, the client may speak, then
again they may not, silences are treated as words, as silence may speak
volumes. [Frost 1997:100]
[Frost
6
What Freud had discovered here is that the clients who presented for
treatment developed a psychological relationship to him as their therapist,
however, there was no logical or realistic reasons for this attachment;
unless we take into consideration that the transference is created by the
existence of both conscious and unconscious memories, ideas, affects,
and wishes, which become manifest during the treatment.
Freud saw two forms of transference operating within the analytic setting
positive and negative transference. Freud notes we must make up our
minds to distinguish between a positive transference from a negative
one, the transference of affectionate feelings from that of hostile ones
[Freud 1912b: 105] However, both positive and negative transference
will manifest during treatment: the therapists role is to manipulate this,
i.e. to get the client to talk it through, to work through it. Freud argued
that what is not spoken is acted out, that is within the treatment setting
memories are provoked which are played out upon a stage. This stage is
the transference. Freud writes:
The transference thus creates an intermediate region
between illness and real life through which the transition
from the one to the other is made. The new condition has
taken over all the features of the illness; but it represents an
artificial illness which is at every point accessible to our
intervention. [Freud 1914g: 154]
A common
manifestation of this would be youre the one who has all the
qualifications/diplomas, you tell me what is wrong with me?
persons drug use was seen as an answer to all of lifes problems and
conflicts; in recovery we can see the recovery process in and of itself
replacing one ideal with another. The latter is observably a healthier
option; however, we have all seen clients who have taken the recovery
process to extremes, in these cases we can observe why a focus on
language is clinically relevant recovery, recover, re-cover, to cover over
again, one ideal replacing another.
10
Hill makes an interesting point about treating addicts, those who are
struggling to cease their drug use, are complaining principally that their
big Other is not responding to both their enjoyment and suffering; the
complaint or symptom is a demand for love 1 .
[Hill 2002:321]
The concept of the big Other that is the other with a capital O, can have number meaning within
various philosophical schools. For Lacan it refers to something radical different, the mOther/primary
care taker occupies the place of the first big Other for the child, however, Lacan additional associates
with the symbolic order of language and the symbolic law.
11
BIBILOGRAPHY:
Evans, D. [1996] An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis.
Routledge, London. [1996]
Freud, S. [1895b ] On the Grounds for Detaching a Particular Syndrome from
Neurasthenia under the Description Anxiety Neurosis . SE III. The Hogarth Press.
London.
Freud, S. [1900a] The Interpretation of Dreams. SE IV. The Hogarth Press.
London.
Freud, S. [1905a] On Psychotherapy. SE VII. The Hogarth Press. London.
Freud, S. [1905b] Psychical (or Mental) Treatment. SE VII. The Hogarth Press.
London.
Freud, S. [1912b] The Dynamics of Transference. SE XII. The Hogarth Press.
London.
Freud, S. [1912e] Recommendations to Physicians Practising Psycho-Analysis.
SEXII. The Hogarth Press. London.
Freud, S. [1914g] Recollecting, Repeating and Working Through (Further
Recommendations on the Technique of Psycho-Analysis II). SE XII. The Hogarth
Press. London.
Freud, S. [1917] General Theory of the Neuroses. SE XVI The Hogarth Press.
London.
Frost, S. 1997. For and against psychoanalysis. Routledge. London.
Hill, P. 2002 Using Lacanian Clinical Technique-An Introduction. Press for the
Habilitation of Psychoanalysis.
Lacan, J 1964. The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psycho-Analysis. Trans.
Sheridan, A. 1977. Penguin. London.
Loose, R. 2002 The Subject of Addiction. Karnac Books. London.
Shakespeare. The Poems. Edited by Prince, F. T. Arden Shakespeare. London.
12