Revista Brasileira de Psicanálise
Print version ISSN 0486-641X
Abstract
VILETE, Edna. On the analyst's failures. Rev. bras. psicanál [online]. 2012, vol.46, n.1, pp.67-74. ISSN 0486-641X.
The author approaches a new aspect of the psychoanalytic technique, aimed at borderline and psychotic patients. She develops Winnicott's concept on the analyst's failures, in the area of transference and countertransference and reveals her own failures in the treatment of two patients.
Keywords : borderlines and psychotic patients; analyst's failures.