Varieties of Transference and Transference Interpretation Today

David Tuckett

Sunday Feb 9, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Using a new theoretical framework for comparative analysis of psychoanalytic work (the outcome of a 20-year European project that was the largest empirical study ever undertaken), I will explore different ways transference is understood, detected, and interpreted by different psychoanalysts practicing today. The study found that each of the different clinical approaches “worked” well, but that all contained inherent vulnerabilities under certain patient-analyst circumstances. I will ask how we can improve the reliability of unconscious inference, practice clearer self-reflection, and understand the assumptions we make regarding the nature of the analytic situation. After presenting the main ideas and concepts along with some clinical material, I’ll open up a discussion by suggesting some questions we can all ask ourselves about any of our recent sessions.

CE Credits offered: 1.5

Course Objectives

After completing this course participants will be able to:

1. Cite three sources of “data” for uncovering patient’s unconscious beliefs and responses in a session.
2. Describe the characteristics of a clinical situation in which a cinema perspective on transference would be vulnerable to repetitive impasse and another where a theater perspective might be so.

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