Fuchs, Ruh, Soff and Gerstner (1997) Psychoanalytische Konzepte im Lichte der Gestalttheorie

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	Author:	Fuchs, Thomas (b. 1961, d. ----)
	Author:	Ruh, Michael (Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications (GTA))
	Author:	Soff, Marianne (Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe)
	Author:	Gerstner, Bernd (b. 1956, d. ----)

JOURNAL:

Gestalt Theory - An International Multidisciplinary Journal, 19(3), 178 - 196.

YEAR:

1997

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

psychoanalysis, Gestalt psychology, Gestalt theory, Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy, clinical psychology

DISCIPLINE:

Psychology

HTTP:

http://gestalttheory.net/download/FUCHS2.pdf

LANGUAGE:

German

PUB ID:

103-404-944 (Last edited on 2006/06/30 05:09:06 GMT-6)

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ABSTRACT:
Psychoanalysis and Gestalt theory have theoretical and conceptual links regarding their dynamic conceptualization of psychic processes. Defence mechanisms play a major role in theory and therapy of both schools. The defence mechanism „projection“ in its classical psychoanalytic sense and a more complex defence mechanism, the so-called „projective identification“ (Melanie Klein, 1947) are compared with the gestalt-theoretical view of these concepts. For this reason, the epistemological orientation of Gestalt theory - Critical Realism - is outlined. Exemplified by a simple case study, possible effects of a projection on the phenomenal world and the transphenomenal world are described. Compared to the psychoanalytical perspective, Critical Realism provides a broader system-view and a clearer distinction between „inside“ and „outside“. The phenomena „projection“ and „projective identification“ can be explained systematically in gestalt-theoretical terms without referring to „historical solutions“, such as early childhood traumata or the Oedipus complex. The possibility of past events influencing the present behaviour of a person is by no means denied, but there has to be a clear distinction between the systematic approach and the historical analysis. The psychoanalytic explanations emphasizing early childhood experiences remain vague and hypothetical. We have to be cautious in connecting present pathological phenomena in adult persons with hypothesized early developments. At least some of the theoretical assumptions of Sigmund Freud and Melanie Klein have to be corrected in the light of empirical developmental psychology. In contrast the Gestalt theoretical approach tries by means of phenomenological methods to identify the important personal and contextual conditions that may contribute to the understanding of a person's behaviour. This corresponds to a view of man that is principally capable of recognizing the „demands of the situation“ (Max Wertheimer) and behaving according to the needs of the situation, rather than being permanently trapped between pleasure and denial.

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