Id analysis and technical approaches.
The author argues that the technical advances stemming from Freud's (1923) introduction of the structural theory permit a more naturalistic and specific approach to analyzing unconscious conflict, thus facilitating id analysis. The earlier topographical technique underestimated the role of suggestion; often, it entailed interference with patients' capacity for self-observation, as well as with the exploration of their own drive derivatives. In order to illustrate the type of id material obtainable with a contemporary ego psychology approach, the author presents clinical vignettes and commentaries. It is recognized that clarifications, defense interpretations, and Gray's close-process interventions may need to be adapted to different cultural milieus.
Paniagua
Cecilio
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Department of Psychiatry, Madrid University paniagua@arrakis.es
D001364:Awareness; D003142:Communication; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004325:Dreams; D004328:Drive; D004532:Ego; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D007060:Id; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019529:Sexuality; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology