ABSTRACT
To Solms, the clinical situation is the final court of appeal. Kinet reiterates some of his psychotherapeutic principles and juxtaposes Solms’ highlights with those of Etchegoyen’s classic textbook on psychoanalytic technique. First, a neuropsychoanalytic account of psychological development is given. Neuropsychoanalysis is about affects and feelings. After all, they run amok in most of the DSM disorders. Second, the implications for the psychotherapeutic process are described. What kind of change does psychoanalysis aim for? More specifically, Solms’ stance on the Oedipus complex and sexuality is discussed. The latter seems to be as extinct in current psychoanalysis as Freud’s earliest neurological and economic-energetic roots were. What is Solms’ view on the different kinds of psychopathology: neurotic, narcissistic and psychotic? How does he understand the destructive phenomena so ubiquitous in clinical practice?
