Revista Brasileira de Psicanálise
Print version ISSN 0486-641X
Abstract
BONAMINIO, Vincenzo. Not to interpret: some considerations on M. Balint and two clinical fragments. Rev. bras. psicanál [online]. 2008, vol.42, n.1, pp.172-186. ISSN 0486-641X.
In this paper two dreams from two diff erent clinical instances are presented. According to the author, these exemplify the potential interference that, in certain conditions and in certain moments of the analysis, the analysts interpretive activity may represent with regard to the analysands creative and intimate processes. Subsequently, a route through some particular topical, though neglected, aspects of Balints work is propounded. So the author highlights a technical and clinical tradition which attributes the dignity of mutative agents of psychic change to the patients tolerance of regression and the analysts not interpreting, on a par with interpretation.
Keywords : Interpretation; Not-interpretation; Factors dressings; Regression; Psychic change; Winnicott; Balint.