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The author, who informs us that she has been 'studying with Erich Fromm since 1942', describes as 'psychoanalysis' a procedure which deviates considerably from Freud's method.
Freud, the author states, has drawn the navigation chart of the human mind but there is still a lack of agreement as to how this chart should be used in practice. The author thinks it is best done in the following way: The human being is born with an 'impulse at creative growth'. Under today's cultural conditions, the mothers do not give the infant unconditional love, the receipt of which would be its 'birthright'. The infant responds to frustrations with the loss of its natural faith and with an increase of its hostility, called by De Forest, for unknown reasons, 'anger'.
'Love' and 'anger' are then described as Ahriman and Ormuzd (Freud's distinction of Eros and Destructiveness is not mentioned). The child becomes afraid of its anger and develops defense systems against it. Psychoanalysis must provide what was not given in childhood. In a first period, the defense systems are unmasked and the patient learns to become aware of his anger. In the second period, the patient is gradually brought to the insight in which he feels anger not only against his parents but also against his analyst. In the third period, he must be convinced that there is no reason for such anger, that the analyst does not threaten him, but rather that the analyst is a Christ, filled with altruistic interests to help the patient, and with genuine love for every patient. Two quotations may show this:
'Gradually, he came to realize that I based my life on a belief in the sincerity, the good intentions and the constructive achievements of people in general; that I believed in and counted upon human goodness. He was forced to open his eyes and see that my life was happy and productive and that I was working for his health, not only for my own pleasure but for his happiness as well.'
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