Early Interpretation of Transference

Gill, Merton M.; Muslin, Hyman L.

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“…As Wallerstein (1984) notes: “It has been Merton Gill’s fate to be an acknowledged leader in (American) psychoanalysis almost from the beginning of his career” (p. 325). His work on the importance of interpreting the transference in the here and now had a profound effect on American psychoanalysis (Gill, 1979, 1982, 1984; Gill and Hoffman, 1982; Gill and Muslin, 1976). 3 While transference has always been the paradigm for the there and then in the here and now, the emphasis in the past was on elaborating the there and then .…”

Section: A History Of the Issuesmentioning

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The workable here and now and the why of there and then

Busch

2011

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

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At an earlier time our work as analysts was easier. We searched for the repressed in order to make constructions that connected the past to the present symptoms. Making these connections conscious, based upon the continuing influence of the Topographic theory, was thought to be the curative factor in psychoanalysis. Freud (1912, 1914) briefly expressed the importance of working in the present but his main focus remained the importance of reconstructing the past. The importance of working in the present started to be fully articulated approximately 30 years ago, and has become a central part of most views on technique. However, it is the contention of this paper that, while there is general agreement on the necessity of working in the here and now, the understanding of what this means or why it is useful runs along parallel lines rather than leading to a central point. Further, it is my impression there is little agreement on the reasons for interpreting the there and then. The idea of a 'workable here and now' is introduced to capture how the here and now might best include the analysand's readiness to synthesize what is offered, while a theory of the necessity for working in the here and now and the there and then is offered.

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Section: A History Of the Issuesmentioning

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The workable here and now and the why of there and then

Busch

2011

The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

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“…Merton Gill made this the centerpiece of his technical recommendations 30 years ago (Gill and Muslin, 1976), and since then many others, too many to name, have developed this idea-notably, Hoffman (1983), Renik (1993), and many relational theorists. It is not that the analyst suggests that the patient is always right but that he conveys a nonauthoritarian attitude that the patient may indeed be right, or may have perceived something in the analyst of which the analyst was not aware.…”

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How to Help a Thin-Skinned Person: Commentary on Paper by Stephen Seligman

Frosch

2007

Psychoanalytic Dialogues

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“…At these times, the analyst may focus the patient on the "here and now," thereby enabling the patient to acknowledge experiences in the immediate moment. These perceptions disclose the latent meaning of the patient's narrative, clarify the nature of the patient's resistance and help disclose unconscious material (Gill and Muslin, 1976;Gill, 1979). Gill posits that unconscious material emerges from the press of experiences revealed by the patient, on the one hand, and the therapist's responses, on the other hand.…”

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