On Freud's Observations On Transference-Love
| By: | Ethel Spector Person, Aiban Hagelin and Peter Fonagy |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781782200864 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780429916861 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2013 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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This is the third volume in the series Contemporary Freud: Turning Points and Critical Issues, published for the International Psychoanalytical Association. Each volume presents a classic essay by Freud with commentaries by prominent psychoanalytic teachers and analysts from different theoretical backgrounds and geographical locations."Observations on Transference-Love" may have been inspired, say the contributors, by the unfortunate emotional involvements of two of Freud's colleagues with female patients. In his paper, Freud speaks of the inevitability of "transference-love" in every well-conducted analysis, its important therapeutic functions, and its potential hazards. Transference love is discussed in the larger context of transference in general. The essays illuminate a persistent problem in all modalities of psychotherapy: unfortunate, often tragic, enactments of erotic transference and countertransference.This volume also includes the original essay by Freud.