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Hypnosis and Transference: A Theoretical Formulation

Hypnosis and Transference: A Theoretical Formulation Abstract The Dilemma Ever since Freud identified hypnosis with transference, there has been a general reluctance to accept the notion that hypnotic induction and the trance itself is entirely and specifically a transference phenomenon.Freud himself, in “Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego,” speculated that there is more to hypnosis than transference. He stated: Hypnosis would solve the riddle of the libidinal constitution of groups for us straight away, if it were not that it itself exhibits some features which are not met by the rational explanation we have hitherto given of it as a state of being in love with the directly sexual tendencies excluded. There is still a great deal in it which we must recognize as unexplained and mystical. It contains an additional element of paralysis derived from the relation between someone with superior power and someone who is without power and helpless—which References 1. Freud, S.: Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego , authorized translation by J. Strachey, London, International Psycho-Analytical Press, 1922. 2. Rioch, J. M.: The Transference Phenomenon in Psychoanalytic Therapy , Psychiatry 6:147-156 ( (May) ) 1943. 3. Silverberg, W. V.: The Concept of Transference , Psychoanalyt. Quart. 17:303-321 ( (July) ) 1948. 4. Spiegel, H.; Shor, J., and Fishman, S.: An Hypnotic Ablation Technique for the Study of Personality Development: Preliminary Report , Psychosom. Med. 7:273-278 ( (Sept.) ) 1945.Crossref 5. Thompson, C.: Transference as a Therapeutic Instrument , Psychiatry 8:273-278 ( (Aug.) ) 1945. 6. Weitzenhoffer, A. M.: Hypnotism; An Objective Study in Suggestibility , New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1953. 7. Weitzenhoffer, A. M.: General Techniques of Hypnotism , New York, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1957. 8. Wolberg, L. R.: Medical Hypnosis , Vols. I & II, New York, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1948. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Archives of General Psychiatry American Medical Association

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Abstract The Dilemma Ever since Freud identified hypnosis with transference, there has been a general reluctance to accept the notion that hypnotic induction and the trance itself is entirely and specifically a transference phenomenon.Freud himself, in “Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego,” speculated that there is more to hypnosis than transference. He stated: Hypnosis would solve the riddle of the libidinal constitution of groups for us straight away, if it were not that it itself exhibits some features which are not met by the rational explanation we have hitherto given of it as a state of being in love with the directly sexual tendencies excluded. There is still a great deal in it which we must recognize as unexplained and mystical. It contains an additional element of paralysis derived from the relation between someone with superior power and someone who is without power and helpless—which References 1. Freud, S.: Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego , authorized translation by J. Strachey, London, International Psycho-Analytical Press, 1922. 2. Rioch, J. M.: The Transference Phenomenon in Psychoanalytic Therapy , Psychiatry 6:147-156 ( (May) ) 1943. 3. Silverberg, W. V.: The Concept of Transference , Psychoanalyt. Quart. 17:303-321 ( (July) ) 1948. 4. Spiegel, H.; Shor, J., and Fishman, S.: An Hypnotic Ablation Technique for the Study of Personality Development: Preliminary Report , Psychosom. Med. 7:273-278 ( (Sept.) ) 1945.Crossref 5. Thompson, C.: Transference as a Therapeutic Instrument , Psychiatry 8:273-278 ( (Aug.) ) 1945. 6. Weitzenhoffer, A. M.: Hypnotism; An Objective Study in Suggestibility , New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1953. 7. Weitzenhoffer, A. M.: General Techniques of Hypnotism , New York, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1957. 8. Wolberg, L. R.: Medical Hypnosis , Vols. I & II, New York, Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1948.

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