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The Framework of the Psychoanalytic Situation. Jürgen Körner. Pp. 15-26.
The rule of free association makes it possible for the analysand to reshape his or her relationship to the analyst continuously while speaking. The analyst, on the other hand, gains the analysand's sympathy by sharing in his or her unconscious relationship fantasies, that is to say, in the context of what he or she is saying. Both parties get into an uncertain relationship situation and are confronted with the task of joining forces to look for a new framework in which both feel comfortable. In this work the analyst is supported by the broader framework made up of his or her own convictions about the professional tasks of a psychoanalyst at this time.
On the Early Development of Neurosis and Its Implications for Psychology. Martin Dornes. Pp. 27-49.
A short overview of results stemming from infant research serves as a starting point for the following reflections. (1) Parents' fantasies about their children are a powerful — helpful or detrimental — developmental force. The capacity for symbolization as it expresses itself in fantasies is therefore the “ultimate” specifically human foundation for neurosis or healthy development. (2) The affects of the infant are of short duration and situationally variable. They gain durability only later through linkage with fantasies. Aggression is not a problem because it is a drive; instead, it is a problem because of its propensity for derailment. This occurs when aggression, being in itself an adaptive disposition, becomes connected to destructive fantasies. (3) An interactional revision of the concept of projective identification is proposed. (4) The author argues for an interactional supplement to the theory of neurosis which has hitherto primarily focused on the analysis of intrapsychic mechanisms. (5) Observed interactions between depressive parents and their infants support clinically obtained suppositions regarding the