ABSTRACT
M. Neyraut goes on to observe that transference is one of the four cardinal points organising the vectors of the psychoanalytic field, in conjunction with countertransference, its responding counterpoint, interpretation, which gives meaning, and the set-up. The unfolding of transference and its interpretation as the analysis progresses over time help to further the psychoanalytic process. Transference arises from humankind’s compulsive tendency to repeat the experiences of a traumatic sexual-infantile past. Transference reflects the ways in which a given individual’s unconscious is organised, and finds expression both in words and with regard to objects, and its effects on how the treatment unfolds may be observed throughout. Transference is the driving force behind the treatment, and it fulfils many different roles within the transformation process. It augments the resistances associated with the individual’s mental conflicts and hinders associative activity and remembering.
