The Elasticity of Psycho-Analytic Technique

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The Elasticity of Psycho-Analytic Technique is a seminal psychoanalytic paper by Sándor Ferenczi that explores the need for flexibility and adaptability in the analyst’s method and therapeutic stance.

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instanceOf psychoanalytic paper
scholarly article
aimsAt adapting analysis to patient’s needs
improving therapeutic effectiveness
argues analytic technique should be individualized
therapeutic frame can be modified when clinically indicated
associatedWith Hungarian School of Psychoanalysis NERFINISHED
early 20th-century psychoanalytic debates
author Sándor Ferenczi NERFINISHED
citedBy clinical practitioners in psychoanalysis
psychoanalytic theorists
contributesTo development of contemporary clinical technique
development of relational psychoanalysis
critiques rigid application of psychoanalytic rules
discusses limits of classical neutrality
modifications of abstinence principle
role of empathy in analysis
technical handling of regression
emphasizes adaptability of the analyst’s stance
importance of adjusting technique to the patient
need for flexibility in psychoanalytic method
field psychoanalysis
historicalContext classical Freudian psychoanalysis
includedIn collections of Sándor Ferenczi’s papers
influenced clinical approaches to difficult and traumatized patients
later discussions of analytic frame
thinking on analyst’s activity and passivity
influencedBy clinical experience with traumatized patients
isConsidered classic text in psychoanalytic technique
seminal work in Ferenczi’s technical writings
language English
originalLanguage German
proposes greater responsiveness of the analyst
technical elasticity within a stable frame
topic analytic frame
analytic neutrality
clinical technique
countertransference
psychoanalytic technique
therapeutic flexibility
transference

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Sándor Ferenczi notableWork The Elasticity of Psycho-Analytic Technique