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Problems which surround the handling of impulsive behavior are of major concern in contemporary American society. Modern Psychoanalysis presents three papers dealing with related issues as they appear in the psychoanalytic treatment situation.
Robert Unger reviews some approaches to the treatment of alcoholism. He reports that the addictive process is amenable to psychological influence if the analyst employs special techniques to induce a transference, and if he deals with the difficult counter-transference feelings that result.
Eugene Goldwater considers the special challenges in working with acting out patients rather than the inhibited patients of classical psychoanalysis. He presents a general theoretical model for treatment of impulse disorders, such as drug addiction and alcoholism. Case examples illustrate the use of this model.
Arnold Bernstein deals with the obverse side of this problem, which is the analyst's fear of acting impulsively and how this may become an obstacle to resolving a resistance.
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