Hysteria between patient and analyst

In my article “A matrix of hysteria” (Yarom 1997a), I described the theoretical development of the concept of hysteria in psychoanalysis and offered the matrix of hysteria as a contemporary paradigm for reviewing it. The matrix as presented in Chapter 1 of this book focuses primarily on its intrapsychic dimension. In this chapter, I wish to demonstrate the clinical use of this paradigm from its intersubjective perspective as it takes place between patient and analyst.