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Reconstruction and repetition: The significance of time-lags in psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Reconstruction and repetition: The significance of time-lags in psychoanalytic psychotherapy RECONSTRUCTION AND REPETITION: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TIME-LAGS IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY Polly Crisp Throughout the years specific aspects of psychoanalytic technique have evolved. In the first part of this century reconstruction was felt to be especially important. More recently and particularly among Kleinian analysts historic recon- struction per se has been viewed as less noteworthy than repetition in the trans- ference. Only the past as manifested in the transference has been perceived as having much emotional or indeed any real meaning in the analysis. The assumption is made that repetitions develop in the transference. The effects of early childhood can be modified if such repetitions are worked with in the therapy. Each specific early memory then does not have to be made conscious. How often these repetitions occur has not been taken up in the literature. For example, does material repeat itself every ten years or every few seconds during a session? How can family myths that repeat themselves every generation be dealt with? Do short-term repetitions in a session form a part of longer patterns or are these independent cycles? Such questions need to at least be considered when issues of transference interpretations versus reconstructions are thought about and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Reconstruction and repetition: The significance of time-lags in psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Crisp, Polly
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 48 (4): 8 – Dec 1, 1988
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Springer Journals
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1988 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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1573-6741
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10.1007/BF01256658
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RECONSTRUCTION AND REPETITION: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TIME-LAGS IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY Polly Crisp Throughout the years specific aspects of psychoanalytic technique have evolved. In the first part of this century reconstruction was felt to be especially important. More recently and particularly among Kleinian analysts historic recon- struction per se has been viewed as less noteworthy than repetition in the trans- ference. Only the past as manifested in the transference has been perceived as having much emotional or indeed any real meaning in the analysis. The assumption is made that repetitions develop in the transference. The effects of early childhood can be modified if such repetitions are worked with in the therapy. Each specific early memory then does not have to be made conscious. How often these repetitions occur has not been taken up in the literature. For example, does material repeat itself every ten years or every few seconds during a session? How can family myths that repeat themselves every generation be dealt with? Do short-term repetitions in a session form a part of longer patterns or are these independent cycles? Such questions need to at least be considered when issues of transference interpretations versus reconstructions are thought about and

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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals

Published: Dec 1, 1988

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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