Psychotherapy and close‐process technique

Abstract

The applicability and advantages of Paul Gray's concept of close-process in the practice of psychotherapy are discussed. Gray seems to have underestimated the potential and versatility of his technical approach to derivative psychotherapy procedures. Clinical vignettes are provided, describing some nodal points for intervention, and exploration of transferential, extratransferential and genetic aspects of the workable surface. Gray's methodology of intraclinical attention permits a more verifiable examination of sequences, an issue of special relevance in our age of empirical standards for the evaluation of dynamic therapies.

Republicanismo y movimiento obrero en la provincia de Toledo (1870-1914)

“…Al respecto, las primeras agrupaciones socialistas provinciales se gestaron muy lentamente en las últimas décadas del siglo xix, aunque mantuvieron un punto de unión con algunas demandas republicanas 73 : laicismo, enseñanza pública, sufragio universal..., pero el objetivo principal de aquellas era la igualdad social y acabar con la diferencia de clases mediante la abolición de la propiedad privada y la socialización de los medios de producción 74 . Para los socialistas, los partidos republicanos eran una parte del sistema que había que cambiar, a pesar de haber voces discordantes en el PSOE y el posterior establecimiento de determinados pactos 75 . Sería en la primera década del siglo xx, sobre todo a partir del año 1905, cuando se estableció un debate sobre la colaboración entre socialistas y republicanos, que quedaría circunscrita habitualmente a ambientes más urbanos como Toledo o Talavera de la Reina 76 .…”

Beyond the death drive: The future of “repetition” and “compulsion to repeat” in psychopathology.

“…Unconscious wishes and impulses, though important, were more and more left for the analyzed patient to report. This is very clear in the close-process school of Paul Gray (Paniagua, 2011). There remains an interest in repetition, but the emphasis is on repletion within the hour in response to particular kinds of situations within the hour, and helping patients to notice these repetitions.…”

Seeking Comfort in an Uncomfortable Chair

“…A very extensive literature exists on the differences between psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, both around therapeutic efficacy and around the necessity of keeping this distinction. I will limit myself here to citing some of the more important contributions on this topic: Gabbard and Westen (); Gaia, Aron, and Starr (); Kächele (); Kernberg (); Migone (); and Paniagua (). Aron and Harris () construct an interesting outline of the various parameters historically utilized to distinguish the two types of treatment.…”