ABSTRACT

This chapter describes the important phase of treatment in terms of the second phase of the transference, the emergence and working through of what Lacan calls the "crossing or traversing of the phantasm", and the intervention of the father in the second phase of Oedipus. With regards to the phases of treatment, the second phase is related to the moment of understanding in a couple of different ways. First, the second phase is where the unconscious primary mathemes will be explored and interpreted in full force as a function of the transformations in the transference relationship. Second, the termination phase is present from the very beginning through to the moment of concluding in every session. In the second phase of the treatment that the proto or primal phantasies or traumas of the subject will appear in consciousness and in the treatment. The chapter utilizes the phases of analysis and of Oedipal structure to differentiate different forms of analytical treatments.