ABSTRACT
Charts the development of Ferenczi's 'Active Technique' in papers such as "The Technique of Psychoanalysis" and "Further Development of an Active Therapy". Ferenczi made outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of psychoanalysis. This volume, first published in 1926, brings together the fruit of ten year's work and study. Primary medical in orientation and concerned with technique, it covers a wide range of topics: Nosology, Technique, Sexual Theory, From the Nursery, Dreams, Symbolism, Applied Psycho-Analysis, Medical Jurisprudence and Religion.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |162 pages
Nosology
chapter VI|16 pages
The Phenomena of Hysterical Materialization 1
Thoughts on the Conception of Hysterical Conversion and Symbolism
chapter XV|9 pages
Technical Difficulties in the Analysis of a Case of Hysteria 1
(Including Observations on Larval Forms of Onanism and ‘Onanistic Equivalents’)
chapter XVI|20 pages
The Further Development of an Active Therapy in Psycho-Analysis 1
(An address delivered at the Sixth International Congress of Psycho-Analysis at The Hague on the 10th September 1920)
chapter XVII|14 pages
Contra-Indications to the ‘Active’ Psycho-Analytical Technique 2
(A paper read at the Ninth International Psycho-Analytical Congress at Bad Homburg, September 1925)
chapter XXIII|3 pages
Sensations of Giddiness at the End of the Psycho-Analytic Session 2
(A Contribution to the Explanation of Bodily Symptoms of Psychological Origin)
part |70 pages
Sexual Theory
part |9 pages
From the Nursery
part |14 pages
Symbolism
chapter LXXIV|5 pages
The Psyche as an Inhibiting Organ 1
Some Remarks on Dr. F. Alexander’s Essay on ‘Meta-psychological Considerations’
chapter LXXV|11 pages
Concerning the Psychogenesis of Mechanism 1
Critical Remarks on a Study by Ernst Mach
part |27 pages
Medical Jurisprudence and Religion
