Analytic Discussions with Oedipal Children

Cohen, Donald J.; Marans, Steven; Dahl, Kirsten; Marans, Wendy; Lewis, Melvin

doi:10.1080/00797308.1987.11823482

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“…Other child analysts have noted the central role of alliance, particularly as focused in the play interaction (Cohen, Marans, Dahl, Marans, & Lewis, 1987; Cohen & Solnit, 1993). 16 Play in therapy sessions is serious business, and not far removed from the child's real life experiences.…”

Section: Child Analysismentioning

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Therapeutic alliance: Theme and variations.

Meissner

2007

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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The therapeutic alliance is often misconceived, misunderstood, or ignored in conceptualizing the therapeutic process and the therapeutic relation in analysis and other forms of therapy. Conversely, I will argue that the alliance is indispensable in all forms of therapy. After briefly outlining the nature of the alliance, I discuss some of the empirical findings regarding its utility in various therapeutic contexts. I then consider its role and function in various therapeutic settings other than adult analysis and psychotherapy, including child analysis, treating various forms of psychopathology, and related contexts like supervision, forensic psychiatry, and hospital and medical treatment. The alliance plays a definite but analogous role in all of these, with differences according to context.

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Section: Child Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Therapeutic alliance: Theme and variations.

Meissner

2007

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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“…Taken together, the story of Freud's Oedipal theory shows a concatenation of limitations. Recent research indicates that there are normal developmental phenomena that deserve a fresh look (Buchsbaum &a Emde, 1990;Cohen, Marans, Dahl, Marans, & Lewis, 1987;Watson & Getz, 1990). We await a new theory that takes into account the increasing complexity as seen from our contemporary knowledge of social cognition, psycholinguistics, and the dynamics of family systems in different ecologies.…”

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Individual meaning and increasing complexity: Contributions of Sigmund Freud and René Spitz to developmental psychology.

Emde¹

1994

A Century of Developmental Psychology.

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This chapter highlights contributions of two psychoanalytic pioneers-Sigmund Freud and Re& Spitz (1887-1974)-to developmental psychology. Although more than a generation apart, their lives crossed in a way that left the younger man feeling a deep sense of intellectual continuity with the investigative spirit of his predecessor. Freud is known as the founder of psychoanalysis, but today's reader may find surprise in the extent to which his contributions frame a good deal of our contemporary developmental thinking. Spitz, closer to our time, applied Freud's approaches to observations and on-the-spot experiments with infants. His contributions are more accessible to us, and, because they are more recent, they may be more difficult to evaluate in historical perspective.

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“…Taken together, the story of Freud's Oedipal theory shows a concatenation of limitations. Recent research indicates that there are normal developmental phenomena that deserve a fresh look (Buchsbaum & Emde, 1990; Cohen, Marans, Dahl, Marans, & Lewis, 1987; Watson & Getz, 1990). We await a new theory that takes into account the increasing complexity as seen from our contemporary knowledge of social cognition, psycholinguistics, and the dynamics of family systems in different ecologies.…”

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Individual meaning and increasing complexity: Contributions of Sigmund Freud and René Spitz to developmental psychology.

Emde¹

1992

Developmental Psychology

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Contributions of Sigmund Freud and Rene Spitz to developmental psychology are presented in terms of today's research. The work of each of these pioneers draws our attention to the need for increasing our knowledge about the meaning of individual experience and increasing complexity in the course of development. Freud's contribution to today's developmental thinking is reviewed in terms of his observations of play, his schematic perspectives on developmental processes, and his innovative theoretical approaches involving nonconscious mental activity in the context of constructivism. Spitz's contribution to today's thinking is reviewed according to a similar array of topics. These include his observational assessments of infants, his schematic perspectives on developmental processes, and his innovative theoretical approaches involving affective communications in the context of caregiving.This article highlights contributions of two psychoanalytic pioneers-Sigmund Freud and Rene Spitz (1887-1974)-to developmental psychology. Although more than a generation apart, their lives crossed in a way that left the younger man feeling a deep sense of intellectual continuity with the investigative spirit of his predecessor. Freud is known as the founder of psychoanalysis, but today's reader may find surprise in the extent to which his contributions frame a good deal of our contemporary developmental thinking. Spitz, closer to our time, applied Freud's approaches to observations and on-thespot experiments with infants. His contributions are more accessible to us, and, because they are more recent, they may be more difficult to evaluate in historical perspective. We concentrate mostly on Freud, therefore, and the contributions of Spitz are discussed in the concluding part of the article.Freudian insights having to do with play, a Darwinian approach to individual ontogeny, nonconscious mental activity, and constructivism are highlighted. Spitzian insights are highlighted having to do with the importance of infant observation and assessment, developmental transitions, and processes of affective communication will be highlighted. A theme of the article is that both contributors gave central importance to understanding individual meaning. Both also addressed the challenges of understanding increasing developmental complexity, although neither acknowledged the challenge in these terms. The latter consideration frames a portrayal of the limitations of the ideas of each from our contemporary perspective. A final

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Analytic Discussions with Oedipal Children

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

Therapeutic alliance: Theme and variations.

Therapeutic alliance: Theme and variations.

Individual meaning and increasing complexity: Contributions of Sigmund Freud and René Spitz to developmental psychology.

Individual meaning and increasing complexity: Contributions of Sigmund Freud and René Spitz to developmental psychology.

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