ABSTRACT
The clinical section of this book is, naturally, its centrepiece. Although psychoanalysts may contribute to our understanding of developmental issues, or apply their findings to phenomena that are usually the focus of other disciplines, and Ferenczi was indeed active on both of these fronts, clinical problems preoccupy most psychoanalysts who are trying, day in and day out, to help people overcome emotional constraints or mental disorders. And it is precisely the originality of Ferenczi’s clinical contributions that makes him still relevant and that has made him, as we saw in the previous section, controversial and, one might say, revolutionary. He understood psychopathology in a unique way and introduced new forms of psychoanalytic treatment.
