When interpretation masquerades as explanation

• Published in: Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association Vol. 34; no. 1; p. 3
• Main Author: Spence, D P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.1986
• Subjects: Austria; Dreams; Goals; History, 20th Century; Humans; Psychoanalysis - history; Psychoanalytic Interpretation; Writing; Austria

The principal goal of the clinical interpretation (and of the larger clinical narrative) is to bring about insight and change in the patient, and not to present a reasoned argument that relies on public data and shared rules of evidence and logic. When the clinical account is transposed to the publi...