THE INTERMITTENT PSYCHOANALYTICAL THERAPY AND A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA BRONCHIALE - PRAGMATICAL AND THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF INDICATION OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY-SETTING

Psychoanalytical therapy usually is conducted continuously and in a co nstant setting. This is believed to bring out the best conditions for a therapeutic regression. The author describes the discontinuous, inte rmittent psychoanalytical treatment of a patient suffering from bronch ial asthma. During times of treatment five sessions a week took place. The high weekly frequency had to balance the repeated interruptions o f the therapy because of stays abroad. Though interruptions continued, under these conditions the patient could attain a sufficiently deep r egression and succeed in influencing the unconscious conflict and over coming the asthmatic symptoms. The author adds some thoughts about a s pecial indication for high-frequency psychoanalysis, referring to the patient's way of life.