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Mysteries of the Psychoanalytic Process: Reflections on Chaos, Complexity, and Emergence

Mysteries of the Psychoanalytic Process: Reflections on Chaos, Complexity, and Emergence Psychoanalysis is inherently messy and mysterious. The mysteries of the psychoanalytic process are viewed through the lens of chaos and complexity theory. The analyst–analysand relationship is an example of a nonlinear dynamic system, meaning that it is continuously changing, adapting and coevolving; deterministic predictability is lost in the process of continuous adaptation. The fractal nature of the psychoanalytic relationship and the emerging qualities that arise from its self-organizing system and from bottom-up therapeutic approaches are explored and examined in relationship to the nature of healing. The analyst must tolerate chaos, uncertainty, and messiness for the healing process to naturally emerge. In addition, the age-old question of free will versus determinism is examined from the perspective of complexity theory. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Mysteries of the Psychoanalytic Process: Reflections on Chaos, Complexity, and Emergence

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 80 (2) – Jun 3, 2020

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 2020
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1057/s11231-020-09246-y
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Abstract

Psychoanalysis is inherently messy and mysterious. The mysteries of the psychoanalytic process are viewed through the lens of chaos and complexity theory. The analyst–analysand relationship is an example of a nonlinear dynamic system, meaning that it is continuously changing, adapting and coevolving; deterministic predictability is lost in the process of continuous adaptation. The fractal nature of the psychoanalytic relationship and the emerging qualities that arise from its self-organizing system and from bottom-up therapeutic approaches are explored and examined in relationship to the nature of healing. The analyst must tolerate chaos, uncertainty, and messiness for the healing process to naturally emerge. In addition, the age-old question of free will versus determinism is examined from the perspective of complexity theory.

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The American Journal of PsychoanalysisSpringer Journals

Published: Jun 3, 2020

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