A transferência e a técnica psicanalítica segundo o pensamento de Sándor Ferenczi

Abstract

Transference is a structuring and fundamental process for psychoanalysis. Among the various psychoanalysts who approached the subject, the work of Sándor Ferenczi stands out as a reference in the study of transference and its technical and theoretical applications. This dissertation aims at analyzing the development of the concept of transference in Ferenczi’s theoretical texts. An overview is presented of how Ferenczi conceived of mental functioning and the mechanism of neuroses from his early work up to the writings specifically dedicated to transference phenomena. The relationship between these views and Ferenczi’s technical proposals is also addressed. One of the main objectives was to show how Ferenczi kept a constant interchange between theory and clinical practice. Early on, while still under the influence of Freud’s views, he introduced the innovative concept of introjection and explored its relationship with transference mechanisms. He later realized the limits of the classical psychoanalytic technique and introduced many changes so that it could become more flexible and sensible to the patient’s singularity. The way these changes influenced Ferenczi views on transference phenomena was detailed in the course of the research. To achieve this objective, pre-selected texts by Ferenczi were studied in their relationship with the research’s subject matter, as well as the letters exchanged with Freud and secondary literature.