ABSTRACT
As with many concepts in dynamic therapy, the truth of the unconscious tends to materialise more in literature than it does in research. The medical and psychiatric communities have neglected this field of focus for decades. The patient sought out therapy with her previous therapist for a variety of reasons. One is that she was seeking a domineering, omnipotent figure who could continue to allow her to be destructive in life. In this sense, her previous therapist became her grandmother. Just like her grandmother, the previous therapist had a mission to turn her against various members of her own family. It is important to understand how the patient and therapist came to this type of communication. The case will show the "turning away" syndrome with greater clarity and will also show how this syndrome interfaces with the destructive competitive form of the transference neurosis and the concept of intergenerational transmission of psychopathology.
