The Transference Across The Case Of Dora ( 1905 ) Essay

In this essay we will firstly give a brief outline of what transference is. Then we will discuss the transference across the case of Dora (1905). Kahn (1991) claims that according to Freud, when entering therapy, a patient’s view of and reaction to their therapist is influenced by two tendencies. Firstly, the patient will view this relationship in the light of their earliest relationships, and secondly that they will try and incite replays of early difficult situations. Jacobs (2010) describes this transference as the repetition by the patient of former, often child-like patterns of relating to significant people, such as parents, but now viewed in relation to the therapist. The author goes on to claim that the therapist becomes, for the patient, a transference figure with whom the patient has an opportunity to relive or to find the type of parent–child relationship he or she might have wished for, or even to some extent had. The transference is a way of seeing past relationships in the context of here-and-now. Bruce (1956) states that â€Å"transference, viewed as the transfer of affect (evoked in the past by people and events) into the here and now of the analytic setting, means that the analysand must be able to project onto the analyst a whole series of emotions felt in relation to significant figures from his or her past and present† (Bruce, 1956, P. 40). So, feelings and ideas that the patient may have about the therapist seen in the transference aspect of theirShow MoreRelatedRacism and Ethnic Discrimination44667 Words   |  179 Pagesbelief that ethnic, cultural, and biological differences should imply social and political inferiority is expressed in terms of discrimination, depriving people of their human rights—which are by definition universal, inherent, and everlasting. In the case of Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendent groups in Nicaragua, it also results in the denial of their collective rights. Discrimination is the act through which one social group is deprived of the rights that are enjoyed by other groups.2 Ethnic