Mysteries of the Psychoanalytic Process: Reflections on Chaos, Complexity, and Emergence.
chaos
complexity
emergence
fractal
implicit
nonlinear
psychoanalysis
Journal
American journal of psychoanalysis
ISSN: 1573-6741
Titre abrégé: Am J Psychoanal
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0372630
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2020
Jun 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
5
6
2020
medline:
30
12
2020
entrez:
5
6
2020
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ppublish
Résumé
Psychoanalysis is inherently messy and mysterious. The mysteries of the psychoanalytic process are viewed through the lens of chaos and complexity theory. The analyst-analysand relationship is an example of a nonlinear dynamic system, meaning that it is continuously changing, adapting and coevolving; deterministic predictability is lost in the process of continuous adaptation. The fractal nature of the psychoanalytic relationship and the emerging qualities that arise from its self-organizing system and from bottom-up therapeutic approaches are explored and examined in relationship to the nature of healing. The analyst must tolerate chaos, uncertainty, and messiness for the healing process to naturally emerge. In addition, the age-old question of free will versus determinism is examined from the perspective of complexity theory.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32493938
doi: 10.1057/s11231-020-09246-y
pii: 10.1057/s11231-020-09246-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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