Mutative interpretation and close process monitoring in a study of psychoanalytic process.
When James Strachey defined the mutative interpretation, he did not have defense interpretation in mind, but a few years later Anna Freud opened the door to new ways of making small-scale non-transference and transference interpretations that alter superego functions. Using her model and a special mode of listening, the authors suggest an updated technique of intervention with resultant superego change, which qualifies for consideration as a later version of the mutative interpretation.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D013475:Superego; D014167:Transference, Psychology