TY - JOUR A1 - Frank, Kenneth A. T1 - Illusion, faith, and knowledge. Commentary on Sorenson's >ongoing change in psychoanalytic theory< JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 07 (1997), pp. 347-361. Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frank, Kenneth A. T1 - Hysteria, dissociation, and cure emmy von n revisited JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 07 (1997), pp. 281-314. N2 - Although the technique of countertransference-disclosure has received increasing attention, interest in the role of the analyst's inadvertent self-revelations has remained quite limited. Yet the analyst's inadvertent self-revelations are at the heart of the distinction between monadic and two-person views of the psychoanalytic situation. This paper extends the logical implications of a two-person perspective on the psychoanalytic situation. Because the analyst's inadvertent self-revelations are inevitable and continuous, they significantly shape the patient's experience of the relationship. The analytic process at times can be enhanced, therefore, by collaborative efforts to make explicit the inadvertent expressions of the analyst. Aspects of the analyst's individuality thereby become clarified, rather than obscured as in classical views. Dealing with the analyst's inadvertent self-revelations in an active, collaborative manner that is tempered by asymmetry elucidates the integration of interpersonal with intrapsychic aspects of transference and heightens the immediacy and directness of the analytic interaction. This approach also embraces the significance of the analyst's personal participation, authenticity, and interaction, which though crucial in two-person models, have been obscured by concerns with maintaining neutrality, anonymity, and abstinence, which epitomize the analyst's stance from the one-person perspective. Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frank, Kenneth A. T1 - Borges and the Art of Mourning JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 03 (1993), pp. 605-622. Y1 - 1993 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frank, Kenneth A. T1 - Boa and flowers JF - Psychoanalytic Dialogues Vol. 03 (1993), pp. 535-577. N2 - Action and insight form an essential dialectic within the psychoanalytic process. Yet many recent psychoanalytic formulations, while emphasizing integration, have continued to view psychoanalytic and action-oriented techniques dichotomously. It is reasoned that certain behavioral-cognitive techniques that promote adaptive behavior can become an active part of an in-depth analytic experience, providing material for an exploration that results in new ways not only of relating but also of experiencing the self and others. Such an approach, while at times helpful to certain patients, can be counterproductive for others. An integrative approach is compatible with many recent psychoanalytic frameworks emphasizing a two-person psychology, but not with a one-person vision of the psychoanalytic situation in the two-person view, it is reasoned that an integrative approach is capable of maintaining the integrity of the analytic process. The outlined technique reflects a relational psychoanalytic orientation emphasizing internalized object relations, with the use of action-oriented techniques organized by the superordinate goal of modifying psychic structure, conceptualized principally in terms of self- and object-representations. Reasoning that this approach is congruent with certain theoretical contributions from Gill, Mitchell, Sandier, and especially Wachtel, among others, I state underlying assumptions of the approach, preliminary technical guidelines, and illustrative case material. Y1 - 1993 ER -