ABSTRACT
Some considerations on the dynamics of transference and the part it plays in the psycho-analytic process. Freud (1912) deals with the problem of the dynamics of transference from two points of view: first, transference in general and its causes, and second, transference in psycho- analytic treatment and the reasons for the special intensity it there assumes. The transference becomes so intense and long-lasting because it serves the resistance; the analysand reproduces and acts upon his unconscious impulses in order not to ‘remember’ them. The ‘abolition of rejection’ explains, moreover, another aspect of the dynamics of transference and its special intensity in analysis. The intensification of the need for love, arising from the very nature of analysis, also explains, then, the intensification of these transferences. Another specifically analytic factor determines the dynamics of transference. In addition to its greater intensity, analytic transference is also characterized by its greater depth. The analysis of defences compels the patient to experience situations otherwise avoided.
