“Thus, a frequent problem in the analytic context, an apparent copious flow of verbosity, can be a major resistance to the process itself” (p. 351). Such is the bane of Symbolization: Proposing a Developmental Paradigm for a New Psychoanalytic Theory of Mind.

Aragano states that during her training, she became aware of the shortcomings of Freud's applications of principles in physics to explain metapsychology. Attempting to develop a comprehensive theory that could include diverse analytic orientations, she proposes a new model