The search for psychological models. Commentary on papers by Stephen Seligman and by Robin C. Silverman and Alicia F. Lieberman

  • The relational reach and psychotherapeutic action of comedy are examined in the opening phase of treatment with a man who had an early history of neglect and consequent neurotic isolation. Through the examination of a series of comedic enactments that cracked into the beginning phase of this treatment, comedy's animating force to defy neurotic gravity and aid in the reanimation of primal density is considered. The ways in which laughter opened into a maternal erotic transference – countertransference is further detailed, in conjunction with reflection aimed at the aggression of this comedic bond, including countertransference hate.

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Author:Ken Corbett
Parent Title (English):Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 14 (2004), pp. 457-474.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2004
Release Date:2017/11/20
Format:xerox upon request / Fotokopie auf Anfrage
IdNo:Corbett_K_2004
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
Licence (German):
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