THE UNCONSCIOUS AND LINKS IN VARIOUS SETT INGS OF PSYCHOANALYTIC WORK

Research in the context of the psychoanalysis of links (or bonds) enco unters difficulties pertaining to the use of theoretical concepts orig inally designed to explain individual analytic cures. A group produces a result which differs from an Individual cure and, more specifically , the face to face situation, which group-work entails, modifies the d ynamics that come into play. The author presents his thinking about th is question and reconsiders the concepts of the unconscious and phanta sm. in this article the role of phantasms as link with the dramatic (t he container in which these phantasms are expressed) is studied, the d ramatic sphere is the specific material which is studied.