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9684221

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-10-28
pubmed:abstractText
Regression is one of the most controversial topics in the psychoanalytic literature, and disagreements continue regarding a number of propositions central to the issue. On the one hand are those who maintain a traditional view that analysis facilitates regression, through both its setting and its method. On the other are critics from diverse theoretical schools, Freudian, Kleinian, and interpersonal, who have argued that the setting does not, and that the analyst should not, induce or encourage regression. This paper reexamines the fundamentals of regression and relates the concept to the notion of altered states of consciousness. From a relational position, it is argued that patient and analyst mutually regulate regressive states in each other, and that this is an important aspect of the analytic process. One of the analyst's roles is to facilitate the patient's shift into the state best suited for the task of the moment and, often, to improve the patient's ability to internally and interpersonally regulate and move between various states of consciousness. The analyst's commitment to state control as a mutual endeavor helps safeguard the patient's autonomy.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-0651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
389-412
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutual regression: altered states in the psychoanalytic situation.
pubmed:affiliation
Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York University, USA. Lewaron@psychoanalysis.net
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article