title: Character and psychotherapy.
abstract: Psychoanalytic theory of psychopathology began as a theory of particular pathogenic agents in the form of repressed memories or drive-generated fantasies. It has developed in the direction of a theory of the mind's organization; that is, a theory of character pathology. A characterological understanding of psychopathology enlarges therapeutic attention beyond the patient's verbal references and toward the patient himself in the "here and now."
authors.affiliation: Dept of Psychology, New School for Social Research, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D002605:Character; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D011572:Psychoanalysis; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014167:Transference, Psychology