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Case Reports
. 1991 Winter;55(1):38-47.

Analytic interruptions

E J Nuetzel  1
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Case Reports

Analytic interruptions

E J Nuetzel. Bull Menninger Clin. 1991 Winter.

Abstract

The author examines the phenomenon of analysand-initiated interruptions of psychoanalysis by briefly reviewing Freud's treatment of Dora and then describing his own similar experience. The deterioration in Freud's relationship with Wilhelm Fliess may have influenced Freud's handling of Dora's treatment, thereby contributing to the outcome. The author contends that, with his own patient, his plan to end a training analysis influenced his management of transference-countertransference dynamics, thus contributing to the patient's premature departure. The author suggests that there is a special period of countertransference vulnerability for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.

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