Biomaterial Database

The infantile in the analytic relationship. 1995

F Guignard

Paris Psychoanalytical Society.

The author examines the narcissistic and relational aspects of the preconscious functioning of the analytic couple in order to bring out the drive-related, developmental and structural elements of the infantile in their relationship. She considers that any disruption of the specific tone of an analysis indicates a change in the level of drive excitation, which is experienced unconsciously in the transference and countertransference as the loss of a significant internal object and gives rise to a representational deficiency. Where this is due to the impact of the infantile-in-the-patient on his own preconscious, the analyst suffers a blind spot. As long as he can desist from using 'blocking representations', the effect will be to repress the unrepresented wish and at the same time to create a framing and containing preform beneficial to the treatment. In the author's view, the analyst deals with his blind spot by a 'work of the negative' à la André Green, through denial of his fantasy of seduction by the infantile omnipotence of the analysand. This model can also be used to investigate the termination criteria of the analyst's own analysis and the economic situation of repression in the psychoanalyst's work.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009289	Narcissism	A psychoanalytic term meaning self-love.	Narcissisms
D011369	Professional-Patient Relations	Interactions between health personnel and patients.	Contacting Clients,Pharmacist-Patient Relations,Professional Patient Relationship,Client, Contacting,Clients, Contacting,Contacting Client,Pharmacist Patient Relations,Pharmacist-Patient Relation,Professional Patient Relations,Professional Patient Relationships,Professional-Patient Relation,Relation, Pharmacist-Patient,Relation, Professional-Patient,Relations, Pharmacist-Patient,Relations, Professional-Patient,Relationship, Professional Patient,Relationships, Professional Patient
D011575	Psychoanalytic Therapy	A form of psychiatric treatment, based on Freudian principles, which seeks to eliminate or diminish the undesirable effects of unconscious conflicts by making the patient aware of their existence, origin, and inappropriate expression in current emotions and behavior.	Balint Psychoanalytic Therapy,Psychoanalytic Therapy, Balint,Psychoanalytical Therapy,Therapy, Balint Psychoanalytic,Therapy, Psychoanalytic,Psychoanalytic Therapies,Psychoanalytical Therapies,Therapies, Psychoanalytic,Therapies, Psychoanalytical,Therapy, Psychoanalytical
D012094	Repression, Psychology	The active mental process of keeping out and ejecting, banishing from consciousness, ideas or impulses that are unacceptable to it.	Delayed Memory,False Memory Syndrome,Repressed Memory,Repression,Delayed Memories,False Memory Syndromes,Memories, Delayed,Memories, Repressed,Memory Syndrome, False,Memory, Delayed,Memory, Repressed,Psychology Repression,Syndrome, False Memory
D003379	Countertransference	Conscious or unconscious emotional reaction of the therapist to the patient which may interfere with treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)	Countertransference, Psychology
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014167	Transference, Psychology	The unconscious transfer to others (including psychotherapists) of feelings and attitudes which were originally associated with important figures (parents, siblings, etc.) in one's early life.	Psychological Transference,Transference (Psychology),Psychological Transferences,Psychology Transference,Psychology Transferences,Transference, Psychological,Transferences (Psychology),Transferences, Psychological,Transferences, Psychology