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April 13, 1928. Extracts from journals kept by mothers:
1Frau Dr. Eisler (guest of the Society): The evolution of the dread of death and of death-wishes in a boy.
2Frau Dr. Hermann (Guest of the Society): Sucking (a) to satisfy hunger, (b) 'pleasure-sucking'; hand- and navel-erotism. Observations made in the case of two girls.
April 28, 1928. Dr. W. Reich (Vienna, guest of the Society): The handling of the transference. The speaker defined 'character-resistance' as a manifestation of the narcissistic defence-mechanism. It is a distinct form of resistance by the ego and finds expression principally in the patient's attitude and in the form in which he makes his communications. 'Character'-analysis is a means of penetrating analytically the patient's armour and making him accessible to full analysis. Hence the analysis of 'character' must come at the beginning of the whole analysis. It is indicated specially in cases of grave 'character-neuroses', where the disposition is feminine or unemotional and in all types of narcissistic character. The analysis of the patient's bearing is helpful especially in analysing the negative transference. The technique of handling the transference will further have the task of bringing it on to the genital level and of finally doing away with the neurotic characteristics and mode of reaction through the patient's developing the capacity for full genital gratification.