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BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS* Mythic consonance and self who aspires to and possesses magic omnipotence, but rather the powerful dissonance in the others by whom he believes himself to vicissitudes of transference be sympathetically influenced and buf- feted about, pawn-like, on the sea of I recently completed an empirical life. For the obsessive the "mana" research study involving systematic resides in himself; for the hysteric, in thematic analysis of the fantasy produc- the powerful other. In their extremes, tions of subjects manifesting obsessive both myths are permeated with magic. versus hysterical personality traits. The What are the implications of the statistically significant results of the above discussion for understanding the study indicated important differences in transference reactions of obsessives and the Weltanschauungen or "personal hysterics in psychotherapy? Jan Ehren- myths" hetd by obsessives versus hysterics wald argues cogently that, training --differences in the characteristic analyses and stern supervisors notwith- manner in which obsessives versus standing, a therapist enters the treat- hysterics interpret causality in the world. ment situation with an emotionally- These findings shed some light on charged personal myth (countertrans- clinically observed transference phe- ference) concerning his own ability to nomena shown by obsessive and hysteri- heal his patient, which
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals
Published: Sep 1, 1970
Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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