Editorial
Enikő Albert-Lőrincz
ARTICLES
Theoretical study
Melinda Kovai: Why was Freud wrong? Who was the real Bettelheim? What did Francoise Dolto do? The “execution” of psychoanalysis
Theoretical study
Ildikó Erdélyi: Brothers – sisters. The psychoanalytical approach of the relationship between siblings of different gender
Case study
Júlia Hardy: A postcard from Kiev. Psychodrama treatment using the „secure place” technique of a severely traumatized woman
Essay study
Katalin Gárdos: Psychotherapy on the border. Is the patient for the boundaries or the boundaries for the patient?
PROFESSIONAL LIFE
An essay in memoriam of Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
Tamás Kurimay: The invisible power of human relationships: possible reforms of Contextual Family Therapy
Questioning the method specific training institutes
News and reports
In memoriam Harald Leupold-Löwenthal — György Hidas
Conferences — Klára Ajkay, Kata Lénárd, Ágoston Schmelowsky
Görbe tükör — Gábor Flasky
Reviews
Book reviews — Béla Birkás, Béla Buda, Mátyás Káplár, Zsuzsanna Kerekes, Péter Sárkány, István Tiringer
Professional Programs
Theoretical study
Melinda Kovai: Why was Freud wrong? Who was the real Bettelheim? What did Francoise Dolto do? The “execution” of psychoanalysis
The last 10-15 years have seen a number of papers as well as monographs written for the general public that sharply criticise psychoanalysis. Their aim is to discredit both psychoanalysis and its practitioners. Some of the best selling examples are now also available in Hungarian translation, such as Richard Webster’s Why was Freud wrong? and Richard Pollock’s biography of Bettelheim. In 2005 an almost 800-page book was published in France entitled The Black Book of Psychoanalysis, provoking great debates in professional circles as well as in the wider public. The papers collected in this volume seek to unveil psychoanalysis as an evil theory. Several of the editors are renowned cognitive behavioural therapists. The following paper wishes to look at the arguments presented in these texts and the mechanisms used to invalidate psychoanalysis. The argumental tools to be found in these popular critiques of psychoanalysis are worthy of our attention in several respects. They strategically shape the professional political battlefield between psychoanalysis and its rival therapeutic approaches, while showcasing some of the phenomena that spring from the special border regions of psychoanalysis that might at some points endanger psychoanalysis as a whole.
Theoretical study
Ildikó Erdélyi: Brothers – sisters. The psychoanalytical approach of the relationship between siblings of different gender
The authors` interest was raised by the special quality and shame generating effect coming from the relationship between siblings of different gender as it appeared psychoanalytic treatment. The approach is based on the theoretical basis of psychoanalysis. Some practical observations are also provided.
The authors discuss why this theme got to the periphery of psychoanalytical researches and the special dynamics of it. The main aim is to present the function of the relationship between siblings has in psychic development, what gives its specific feature and role, and how it differs from adult sibling relationships. Finally the relationship’s influence on the formation of sexual identity is discussed. The theoretical frame is shaped by the body image concept of F. Dolto, a French psychoanalyst, and Winnicott`s game theory. The siblings’ „Big Game”, the inter-phantasy world of play, is presented by psychotherapeutic cases. The changes of the relationship – from childhood to adulthood – are studied through psychotherapeutic cases and interviews with sisters and brothers, and also through the Consensus Rorschach Examination.
Case study
Júlia Hardy: A postcard from Kiev. Psychodrama treatment using the „secure place” technique of a severely traumatized woman
The article provides an insight into the life of the PIFE ( Psychodrama Institute for Europe) psychodrama training group. The group of helping professionals mirrors the problems of our traumatized society as a whole. The protagonist, who has suffered PTSD for 10 years, with the help of the “secure place” technique would in a play back drama replay her rape and physical injuries, which could be the first step for her healing. The theoretical background of the psychodrama trauma therapy is a creativity theory rather than a role theory.
Essay study
Katalin Gárdos: Psychotherapy on the border. Is the patient for the boundaries or the boundaries for the patient?
Where to draw the boundaries in psychotherapy when the patient herself is on the border? Who is to demarcate the boundaries and are we allowed modifying them if a new case requires change? I present two institutions from London, UK, exemplifying these challenges. The first institution treats adolescents in transition from childhood to adulthood, and the other one provides help on the border between the “outside world” and psychiatry. Both institutions often modify the rules of psychoanalytical psychotherapy to better suit their patients. The Brent Centre for Young People adopted a special therapeutic technique “interviewing”, which is at once a therapeutic process with a flexible setup lacking any pre-defined time limit, and also a psychoanalytic technique in which the therapist refrains from transference and counter-transference interpretations. The Arbours Association runs therapeutic communities of residents who are in psychotherapy all the time as they practically live in therapy. The communities are psychoanalytically oriented while the very technique of psychoanalysis itself cannot be pursued in an every day routine. The focus of this article is on how it is possible to keep analytic thinking and the language of psychoanalysis to help people who are on the border and for whom it would be impossible to provide help within the limits of classical psychoanalysis.
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