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A funny thing happened as I was writing this coda after being immersed in the three issues of Psychoanalytic Inquiry devoted to Joe Lichtenberg Remembered. I turned to my side and Joe was sitting next to me, supporting and creating as always which I realized had energized what I was doing with ideas for many years. We were working together as we had many times before. It was as if we were still trying to bring coherence out of a plethora of partially formed ideas that characterize psychoanalysis.
The ideas were exciting but did not fit completely well together and together did not adequately focus on the importance of the depth or size of the present moment in real living time. This last paper of Joe’s is a major contribution to improving our understanding of how a sense of power is an essential issue to be explored in the real-time relationship between the patient and the analyst in the clinical hour.
As we sat there, side by side, we agreed that using many of the insights and ideas within psychoanalysis would lead to an improved understanding of the connection between hope and a sense of power in the analyst and patient; and, how they function to transform suffering into love and joy. While the past is really the past, it is a gift to help us grow and embrace life as it is. Exploration of these ideas is becoming the essence of this monograph.
Melvin Bornstein, M.D.
Editor-in-Chief
Psychoanalytic Inquiry