PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL PRACTICE A N S F E R E N C E NEUROSIS AND PsYCHOANALYTIC EXPERIENC :JN:IIH:IdX3 :JI!AlVNVOH:JASd ONV SISOHO:IN :1 :J N :1 H :1 ~ S N G A I L S . R E E D , P h. D. This content downloaded from 75.69.46.187 on Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:33:07 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Perspectives on Contemporary Clinical Pract1ce Th1s book provides extraordinary 1ns1ght 1nto the subtleties and divers1t1es of contemporary clinical practice by explonng the problematiC and ambiguous concept of the transference neurOSIS. Gail S Reed makes use of a crucial but mostly 1gnored aspect of psychoanalytic discourse. 1ts oral trad1t1on. St1e reproduces extensive port1ons of 1nterv1e\·1s \'JIItl t\'Jenty two psychoanalysts to investigate the \·1ay they understand and use transference neuros1s and transference. comments on thw viev1s. and draws on her ovm clin1cal work The mtervie\'IS detail not only the Internal struggles analysts undergo in order to help the1r pat1ents but also the effect of analysts personal struggles on the1r immensely varied understanding. Reed d1scusses the development of the trans ference neurosis from Freud's 1n1t1al formula tion of an artificial illness in the patient to the This content downloaded from 75.69.46.187 on Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:33:07 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Transference Neurosis and Psychoanalytic Experience This content downloaded from 75.69.46.187 on Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:33:07 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from 75.69.46.187 on Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:33:07 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms GAIL S. REED Transference Neurosis and Psychoanalytic Experience Perspectives on Contemporary Clinical Practice Yale University Press New Haven and London This content downloaded from 75.69.46.187 on Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:33:07 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Portions of this text incorporate work that originally appeared in the following journals and is reproduced with their pennission: "Scientific and Polemical Aspects of the Term 'Transfer ence Neurosis' in Psychoanalysis." Psychoanalytic Inquiry (1987): 7:465-484. "The Transference Neurosis in Freud's Writings." Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (1990): 38:423-450. "A Reconsideration of the Concept of Tranference Neurosis." International Journal of Psychoanalysis (1990): 71:205-217. Copyright© 1994 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, includ ing illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written per mission from the publishers. Designed by Sonia L. Scanlon. Set in Times Roman type by Marathon Typography Service, Durham, North Carolina. Printed in the United States of America by Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reed, Gail S. Transference neurosis and psychoanalytic experience : perspectives on contemporary clinical practice I Gail S. Reed. p. c.m. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-300-05957-4 1. Transference (Psychology) 2. Psychoanalysts Interviews. I. Title. RC489.T73R44 1994 616.89'17-dc20 94-1406 CIP A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. 10987654321 This content downloaded from 75.69.46.187 on Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:33:07 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms To my mother and my father This content downloaded from 75.69.46.187 on Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:33:07 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from 75.69.46.187 on Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:33:07 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Contents Acknowledgments ix ONE Transference Neurosis and Psychoanalytic Experience TWO Some Historical Origins 24 THREE Working Free: Two Evolutions 57 FOUR The Central Psychoanalytic Experience 82 FIVE Toward a Clarification of the Concept 97 SIX The Relation to Character Structure 131 SEVEN Transference Perversion and Transference Psychosis 149 EIGHT Enactment and Actualization 186 NINE Remembering, Reconstruction, and Resolution 205 TEN Recapitulation: Transference Neurosis and Psychoanalytic Process 227 References 239 Index 247 This content downloaded from 75.69.46.187 on Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:33:11 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from 75.69.46.187 on Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:33:11 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms