title: Elements of change and cure in psychoanalysis.
abstract: Many elements are involved in the process of change and cure in psychoanalysis, some of which are seen as facilitative and others as definitive. I attempted to establish and illustrate the role of the interpersonal interactions between analysand and analyst. As a result of the traditional analytic process, the patient relives at a regressive level some of the unresolved developmental conflicts and crises in the relationship with the analyst. Thus, he has an opportunity to find, through the current experience, a more satisfactory and appropriate developmental resolution of previous psychopathology.
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003379:Countertransference; D005201:Fantasy; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012043:Regression, Psychology; D014167:Transference, Psychology