title: Dynamic and holistic ideas of neurosis and psychotherapy.
abstract: In this paper I want to discuss certain weaknesses of the traditional dynamic psychoanalytic conception of neurosis and their psychotherapeutic consequences. At the same time, I would like to advocate an alternative conception of neurosis, a holistic or characterological conception, and I will try to indicate some of the therapeutic ideas and practices which follow from it.
mesh_terms: D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy