| The analyst's excitement in the analysis of perversion. | |
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PMID: 16635863 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The author believes that unconscious sexual excitement in the transference and countertransference is an especially problematic aspect of the analysis of perverse character pathology and that perverse sexual gratification deserves a more prominent position in the clinical theory of analyzing perversion than that which has been assigned tacitly through analysts' routine focus on the defensive and destructive dynamics of perversion. He presents clinical material from the analysis of a perverse patient that illustrates the role of excitement in the transference perversion established in this analysis; and he asserts that gratifying perverse enactments occurring in the transference perversion can appear not only as conscious or unconscious excitement in the transference but also, at times most clearly, as the analyst's excitement. The author suggests that using a clinical theory that supports the analyst in understanding his excited responses as perverse countertransferences--i.e. evoked excitement complementary to the sexual component of a perverse transference--will assist him in locating and thinking about gratifying, perverse excitement in the transference where it is most usefully analyzed. Finally, he discusses some of the reasons why analysts might deny, suppress or otherwise avoid perverse countertransferences and in so doing contribute to sustaining perverse resistances. |
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Authors:
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Stephen D Purcell |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The International journal of psycho-analysis Volume: 87 ISSN: 0020-7578 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Psychoanal Publication Date: 2006 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-04-25 Completed Date: 2006-05-24 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985179R Medline TA: Int J Psychoanal Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 105-23 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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purcellsd@comcast.net |
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| MeSH Terms | |
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Adult Affect* Countertransference (Psychology)* Defense Mechanisms Fantasy Humans Male Masochism Narcissism Object Attachment Psychoanalytic Interpretation Psychoanalytic Therapy* Sadism Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / psychology, therapy* Transference (Psychology)* |
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