@article{FonagyTarget, author = {Fonagy, Peter and Target, Mary}, title = {The third as holding the dyad. Commentary on paper by Margaret Crastnopol}, series = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 14 (2004), pp. 733-741.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 14 (2004), pp. 733-741.}, abstract = {The authors conceptualize Davies's account of the difficult session with her patient Karen as a mentalization mismatch: an expectable failure on the analyst's part to understand the mental state of the patient. In response, the patient used projective identification to re-create the link to the analyst that was temporarily severed. They argue that the therapeutic impasse produced by Karen's successful externalization of a persecuting part of her self is more than repetition of a past relationship. It is the current experience of a disorganized self: a pervasive state for the borderline patient, and a temporary but no less disorganized state in the analyst.}, language = {en} } @article{FonagyTarget, author = {Fonagy, Peter and Target, Mary}, title = {The self in conversation on narratives, chronicles, and scripts}, series = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 14 (2004), pp. 503-515.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 14 (2004), pp. 503-515.}, abstract = {Responding to Davies's extension of the classical psychoanalytic description of the Oedipus complex, the authors argue that, in theoretical thinking about the Oedipus complex, attachment and sexual relating must be carefully distinguished, although they ceaselessly interact and - in the end - their separate contributions may be hard to disentangle. Making this distinction enables these authors to suggest that it is less likely to be a refusal of romantic response that triggers the patient's relentless pursuit of love from the analyst than an earlier disorganization of the infantile attachment. Taking the transference situation as a whole, the patient's persistent demand for an unattainable gratification can then be seen as the patient's determination to create in the consulting room another person who is in beleaguered, defensive withdrawal from a relationship. The discussion further elaborates the similarities and differences between the authors' own theoretical position and Davies's relational perspective through a consideration of the case of Roberta presented by Davies in her paper.}, language = {en} } @article{FonagyTarget, author = {Fonagy, Peter and Target, Mary}, title = {Jung's Theory of Dream and the Relational Debate}, series = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 08 (1998), pp. 087-114.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 08 (1998), pp. 087-114.}, abstract = {The interface of empirical work with child psychoanalysis at the Anna Freud Centre is part of the tradition of systematic study and research pioneered over many years by Anna Freud and her colleagues (A. Freud, 1962; Sandier, 1962; A. Freud 1965). George Moran initiated a program of work at the Anna Freud Centre, which, starting with the work on juvenile onset diabetes (Fonagy et al., 1991b), led us to ask fundamental questions about the nature of the child psychoanalysis, with important implications for technique. We acknowledged our debt by dedicating the lecture on which this paper is based to George Moran, whom we see as a worthy successor to Marianne Kris, both of them working within the tradition of Anna Freud. This article starts with observations that imply the need for a change in some aspects of our psychoanalytic model. Throughout child psychoanalysis is used to illustrate both the need for change and the character of the revision that is required. The authors, however, assert that, as is so often the case for explorations in child analysis, these ideas may be extrapolated to psychoanalytic approaches to adults, specifically individuals with borderline personality disorder.}, language = {en} } @article{Fonagyetal, author = {Fonagy, Peter and et al.,}, title = {The Roles of Mental Representations and Mental Processes in Therapeutic Action}, series = {The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, Yale University Press, Vol. 48 (1993), pp. 009-048}, journal = {The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, Yale University Press, Vol. 48 (1993), pp. 009-048}, language = {en} } @misc{Fonagy, author = {Fonagy, Peter}, title = {Review essay Patrick Casement: Learning from the Patient}, series = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 11 (2001), pp. 647-658.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 11 (2001), pp. 647-658.}, abstract = {I outline the arguments advanced by Lester Luborsky and Hans H. Strupp on the current controversy regarding empirically supported treatment (EST). I support Luborsky's criticisms of some current attempts to provide empirical support for psychoanalytic treatment, but, unable to endorse the conclusion that therapies are equally effective, I argue that substantial evidence does exist to guide clinicians, even if this evidence is not yet accessible through a mechanical process of review. I also suggest that Luborsky's >open verdict< on the length-of-treatment issue is too conservative: Longer psychoanalytic treatments have been repeatedly associated with superior outcomes across a range of measures. I agree with Strupp that the current emphasis on EST is probably motivated primarily by economic rather than ethical conditions. However, I criticize Strupp's largely negative treatment of the issue of treatment >manualization< and argue that, though manualization is a mixed blessing, only a clear, structured, and coherent framework that guides the therapeutic process can enable the therapist to withstand the interpersonal pressures inevitably generated in the consulting room. I conclude by arguing that there is a need for refinement of the concepts and methods by which outcomes are evaluated in order to help psychoanalysis and psychotherapy become a more specific family of treatments for particular conditions.}, language = {en} } @article{Fonagy, author = {Fonagy, Peter}, title = {Homoerotic Countertransference. The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name?}, series = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 07 (1997), pp. 207-213.}, journal = {Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 07 (1997), pp. 207-213.}, language = {en} }