(1996). Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 32:99 From Hypnotic Suggestion To Free Association: Freud As A Psychotherapist, Circa 1892–1893 IN THIS ARTICLE, I want to celebrate one aspect of Freud's creative genius, and in doing so, I want to make use of Freud as a model for contemporary students of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. My use of Freud in this way will, ironically, have subversive implications for psychoanalytic practice. The facet of Freud's originality that I will focus on is his unsurpassed ability and determination to develop a way of working as a psychotherapist that was uniquely his own and that best expressed his own character. Freud believed that he was discovering a scientific method, an instrument that to a great extent eliminated or minimized what he called "the subjective factor." Nevertheless, he recognized that to work as a psychotherapist, different people were likely to need varying procedures. In the third chapter of Studies on Hysteria(Breuer & Freud, 1893–1895), the case of Miss Lucy R., Freud wrote, perhaps a bit sarcastically, in regard to the practice of clinical hy [This is a summary or excerpt from the full text of the book or article. The full text of the document is available to subscribers.] |
