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"New and Creative
Development in Psychoanalysis"
By Steven A. Frankel, M.D.
Synopsis:
As used in psychodynamic psychology, the term
developmental refers to operations of the patient's mind that evolve
differentially over time to become more complex, consolidate to be more
reliable, and result in improved skills for managing life. Developmental ideas
are incorporated into psychodynamic theories and chosen for use clinically by
the therapist somewhat idiosyncratically. Selection is biased by the tenets of
the therapist's and patient's formal and personal theories. Developmental
change in psychotherapy seldom occurs free of intrapsychic conflict, and never
outside of intersubjectivity. The complexity of this therapeutic developmental
process mandates continual negotiation of consensus within analysis, with
leadership shifting back and forth between therapist and patient. But, the
developmental product is never simply a reiteration of childhood. It is always
development with a contemporary stamp, that is, new development. When
the personal qualities of both therapist and patient play a major part in
shaping the patient's development, the result is creative
development.
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