Reflections on a contemporary psychoanalytic metatheory

Authors

  • Joseph D. Lichtenberg

Abstract

Freud and later Rapaport and Gill proposed metapsychological points of view they hoped would provide analysts with the means to organize the major findings in the field. I propose an open dynamic systems theory as a possible metatheory and five areas of inquiry that can be used to organize, describe, and conceptualize the specifics of any psychic happening. I illustrate the use of the five areas of inquiry with a clinical vignette.

Keywords
Psychoanalytic metatheory, organization of clinical experience, case presentation

Author Biography

Joseph D. Lichtenberg

Joseph D. Lichtenberg, M.D., Psychoanalytiker, em. Professor, Lehr- und Kontrollanaly-tiker. Zahlreiche Buchpublikationen.

Korrespondenz: 6256 Clearwood Road, Bethesda MD 20817, USA

Published

2009-01-01

How to Cite

Lichtenberg, J. D. (2009). Reflections on a contemporary psychoanalytic metatheory. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (1), 3–8. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/59