The comforting preparatory treatment: on this side of transference

Journal title RICERCA PSICOANALITICA
Author/s Fabio Beni, Daniele Santoni
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2016/3 Language Italian
Pages 11 P. 107-117 File size 162 KB
DOI 10.3280/RPR2016-003008
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In this paper the authors try to illustrate the ferenczian’s idea of comforting preparatory treatment at the light of the concept of hypercycle. In this way it’s possible to shift the focus of therapeutic action at the very first phases of the meeting with the patient; sometimes these clinical happenings could be critical in order to face psychopathological actions of the patient, frequently fast and non-negotiable. The authors believe that, in these cases, it’s capital to avoid these traps (called orphic-hypercyclic) in order to guarantee both the development and the beginning of the psychoanalytic process.

Keywords: Comforting preparatory treatment, orpha, Ferenczi, transfert, hypercycle

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Fabio Beni, Daniele Santoni, Il trattamento preliminare: l’al di qua del transfert e le sue trappole in "RICERCA PSICOANALITICA" 3/2016, pp 107-117, DOI: 10.3280/RPR2016-003008