Method, technique, and theory in psychoanalysis

Pier Francesco Galli

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The author summarizes parts of two papers that appeared in Italian and were presented at International meetings (Galli, 2006, 2009). The following topics, among others, are discussed: the history of psychoanalytic theory of technique with a critique to some aspects of contemporary psychoanalysis; intersubjectivity; the concept of analytic neutrality; the relationship between psychoanalysis and psychotherapy; technical spontaneity; the identity of psychoanalysis and therapeutic identity; interdisciplinarity and the relationship between psychoanalysis and other disciplines; psychoanalytic training; the concept of “continuous interpretative activity”; self-disclosure in analysis; the relationship between theory and technique in psychoanalysis; psychiatric diagnosis and psychoanalytic diagnosis; the relationship between the person of the analyst and therapeutic technique.

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psychoanalytic theory of technique, history of psychoanalytic ideas, sociology of psychoanalysis, politics of psychoanalysis, contemporary psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic training, psychoanalytic theory

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