Jacoby, M. (Zürich). ‘Beziehung und Deutung aus der Sicht der analytischen Psychologie, oder, zur psychotherapcutischen Forderung der Entfaltlungstendenz des Selbst’ (Interaction and interpretation from the viewpoint of analytical psychology: or psychotherapeutic enabling of the potential unfolding of the self), in Beziehung und Deutung im psychotherapeutischen Prozess.  Springer Verlag. 1988.

This article appears under the heading of ‘Analytical Psychology’ in the above-mentioned book. Jacoby's contribution is a personal statement presented in eight sections under the following headings: introduction; relationship of the ego to the unconscious; on the phenomenon of the transference; countertransference; on the differentiation between transference/countertransference and interaction; management of the transference and the problems of interpretation; archetypal roots of interaction and interpretation; understanding and clarification.

Under these headings are descriptions and discussions comparable in content to those in volumes 1 and 2 of The Library of Analytical Psychology. Insight into Asper, Dieckmann, Fordham, Kohut, Winnicot, Heimann, Reich and Racker is clear on studying this composition, as is living integration of relevant material and thought. This is particularly clear in the sections on ‘holding’ and ‘Eros and Logos’—discussion on the holding mother (including environment), that is, the positive and negative aspects of the mother archetype and the personal mother.

The introduction is mainly historical. Throughout, Jacoby emphasises the human dimension and stresses that in his experience analysis of the transference is indicated only when it noticeably interferes with the analytic/therapeutic alliance and resistance to the receiving and integration of unconscious contributions. The ambivalence of dreams regarding subjective and transference material is stressed, as also the cognitive value of countertransference phenomena.

This masterly presentation is very condensed and does not easily lend itself to summarising.