DEVELOPMENTAL OBSERVATION, MULTIPLE MODELS OF THE MIND, AND THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP IN PSYCHOANALYSIS

This overview of the therapeutic relationship in psychoanalysis utiliz es a sampling of findings of infant observational research to illumina te issues in the evolving technique of psychoanalysis. The therapeutic relationship is followed schematically through the course of a treatm ent, from initial contact through termination, and the gradual shift o f psychoanalytic technique toward an interactional view of the psychoa nalytic situation is noted. During the middle phase, some areas of cur rent controversy in psychoanalysis are discussed, along with views on the multiple theoretical models currently available for organizing psy choanalytic data and for gaining clinical access for analytic work.