ABSTRACT
The chapter makes a theoretical-clinical reflection on the problem of prejudice, its transmission and its appearance in the analytic dyad. We work on the case of a patient who caused an intense countertransference impact on the analyst. The patient was the granddaughter of a Nazi and had filicidal fantasies about her future baby. The Jewish analyst had a family history where her father and grandparents were survivors of the Shoah. The analytical adventure is discussed, where prejudice and the transgenerational secret make their appearance. It reflects how both members of the analytical dyad must overcome the silent pacts and the unspeakable aspects of what is transmitted. We consider that prejudice appears both in the analysand’s narrative, as well as in the analyst’s mind and discourse. It is important, when the unconscious prejudices that operate in the analyst’s mind can result in a countertransference obstacle, that prejudice can be used as a tool to continue the process if the analyst manages to transform it into critical thinking; if not, it will immobilise the process. The fundamental nucleus to work with in these cases is the strange that is rejected and hated in the face of the problem of difference.
