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(2002). International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 83:473-477

Child Psychoanalysis: Cathecting and Verbalising Affects in a New Relationship Aspects of the Analytic Method in Work With Children

Reported by:
Karen Gilmore

Moderated by:
Paul Brinich

Paul Brinich, the panel moderator, oriented the panel presentations in regard to four key questions raised by the title: (1) What does it mean to cathect an affect? (2) What is involved in verbalising an affect? (3) How does the relationship between the analyst and the child analysand contribute to these two processes? (4) How does our understanding of these two processes contribute to the ongoing development of technique in child analysis.

(1) What does in mean to cathect an affect? Freud believed it was the association of a quota of affect with an idea that created a cathexis. So how can you speak of cathecting an affect? Can an affect be present and not cathected, since by definition cathexis includes an affect? When a red balloon floats by, we can identify its colour as long as a source of light is present. Does the balloon ‘have’ a colour? Only when illuminated. Does analytic work illuminate affect that is present but not realised and in that sense achieve a

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