On the question of the internal frame.

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 2985179R Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1745-8315 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00207578 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Psychoanal Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2018- : London : Taylor & Francis
Original Publication: London : Institute of Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalytic Theory* ; Psychoanalytic Therapy*/methods; Humans ; Psychoanalysis/history

This paper attempts to expand José Bleger's classic, metapsychological descriptions of the psychoanalytic frame to formulate and emphasize the role of the analyst's internal frame in establishing a psychoanalytic observational perspective in the analytic situation. The rationale for doing so follows from clinical necessity, especially when working with patients and psychic organizations that are 'beyond neurosis' and in non-traditional settings such as distance and telemetric analyses. Clinically speaking, in its most effective state, the analyst's internal frame can inform the possibility of an observational vertex aimed at the intuitive grasp of psychic reality rather than a sense-based, empirical observation of parameters denoted by the elements of a consensually validatable social reality.

Keywords: Frame; distance analysis; metapsychology; setting; telemetric treatments; unstructured unconscious

Date Created: 20240424 Date Completed: 20240424 Latest Revision: 20240424

20240425

10.1080/00207578.2024.2327240

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