ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book emphasizes that resistance to the unconscious is manifested in theory and in method in such a way that: "Small variations in method gradually shift towards forms of study and treatment that are miles away from psychoanalysis." In a ground-breaking essay entitled "Reflections on Some Relations between Psychoanalytic Concepts and Psychoanalytic Practice", Joseph Sandler emphasizes how psychoanalytic concepts can have a certain flexibility. Charles Hanly explores the impact that what people today know as "relational psychoanalysis" has on our comprehension of the unconscious processes. Semi's contribution, inasmuch as he emphasizes the two-pronged and conflicting articulation of the mind. The diagnosis and the symptoms of this resistance vary according to the theory held by the authors, just as the suggested remedies vary. The unified theory attributes the genesis of the psychosexual apparatus to interhuman relationships and denies its biological origin.
