Slide 7. Is it really “psychoanalytic” to discuss various therapeutic action some of which are not conventionally psychoanalytic.
→ it might be OK so long as we speak
psychoanalytic language as our “mother
tongue”. We might consider that
interpretation has less potential than what Freud considered. Or, unconscious
has a different connotation from what Freud considered. These statements are
still psychoanalytic so long as we still use these terminologies as key words with
their therapeutically fruitful implications.
It is the modification of unconscious associative networks which induces
the change in problematic defense system, emotional response, and dysfunctional
relational patterns. There is another goal, which is to alter conscious
patterns of thought, feeling, motivation and affect regulation (Gabbard,
Westen, p.827).
Slide 9. We should acknowledge that it was Freud’s 1914 paper “Remembrance,
Repetition and Working through” which
first gave the idea of this unconscious associative networks, as he
clearly stated that it is our unconsciously mobilized action which is to be
looked into and found out its hidden motivations.
Some examples.
① Thinking
of myself immediately leads to negative images and thoughts. ② Having
images of myself enjoying something, such as going to an amusement park in the next weekend triggers internal voices saying “You are
not worth it !” Doesn’t this UAN
sound like the notion of the “automatic thoughts” in CBT ?
