title: Psychoanalytic theory and its relation to clinical work.
abstract: Freud's shift to the fantasy theory of neurosogenesis defined the investigation of intrapsychic life as our fundamental theoretical purview. In assigning to inner experience a data base for scientific exploration, there is reflected a central epistemological innovation which must profoundly alter the way we view what is real. This paper considers some of the continuing clinical challenges and far-reaching implications posed by this shift to "psychic reality" as our core psychoanalytic theory.
authors.affiliation: Psychoanalytic Institute of New England.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Schwaber
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy