ABSTRACT
I would like to review a central aspect of the field theory: the dialectic character of transferential interpretation. Transferential interpretation undoubtedly emerges in the context of a specific analytic relationship. This implies complex verbal and non-verbal phenomena, which go beyond interventions and explicit interpretations from the analyst. This aspect has been highlighted by accumulated clinical experience, different psychoanalytic theorizations and empirical research. Non-interpretative moments between patient and analyst (Stern et al., 1998) have a central influence in the strengthening of the therapeutic relationship. Another aspect that has been noted is how the analytic encounter supposes an “engagement or closeness between therapist and patient which characterizes the ‘positive therapeutic alliance’ ” (levenson, 1974, p. 359), generating a global commitment from the patient’s and analyst’s personalities and contributing to reveal intimate and unconscious aspects from the analysand’s subjectivity.
