PSYC 2120 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 4: Neurosis, Anna O., Psychoanalysis
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The analyst and patient may be seen as partners in producing an emotional correction that is embedded in the transferences taking place. The analytic boundaries (of the doctor-patient relationship) we are familiar with today were virtually non-existent when freud, jung, and their colleagues were practicing. There were many instances of training analyses that became erotic relationships, as well as erotic relationships that turned into analyses. The blurring of the boundaries between professional and sexual or familial was the rule and not the exception in the early days of psychoanalysis. With boundary violations abounding, the countertransference from jung to. Sabrina at that time in history is more readily comprehensible. The close relationships between doctor and patient during those times stimulated erotic feelings that instead of addressing analytically, it was interpreted as true romance and led therapist or patient to fall in love. As seen with sabrina spielrein and carl jung and afterwards, freud.
