The Technique Of Psycho-analysis

The International Library of Psychology THE TECHNIQUE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Founded by C. K. Ogden The International Library of Psychology PSYCHOANALYSIS In 28 Volumes I II The Elements of Practical Psycho-Analysis A Neglected Complex and its Relation to Freudian Psychology The Omnipotent Self III IV The Social Basis of Consciousness v What is Psychoanalysis? VI The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis VII The Technique of Psycho-Analysis VIII Leonardo da Vinci IX Totem and Taboo X Wit and its Relation to the Unconscious XI Morbid Fears and Compulsions Facts and Theories of Psychoanalysis XII XIII Fathers or Sons? XIV Neurosis and Human Growth The Neurotic Personaliry of Our Time XV New Ways in Psychoanalysis XVI XVII Our Inner Conflicts XVIII Self-Analysis XIX Childhood and After XX Social Development in Young Children XXI Problems in Psychopathology The Psychoanalytic Method XXII XXIII The Trauma of Birth XXIV On the Bringing Up of Children Conflict and Dream XXV XXVI Psychoanalysis and Suggestion Therapy XXVII Psychoanalysis and Behaviour XXVIII Character and the Unconscious Bousfield Bousfield Bousfield Burrow Coriat Fenichel Forsyth Freud Freud Freud Frink Hendrick Hopkins Horney Horney Horney Horney Horney Isaacs Isaacs Mitchell Pfister Rank Rickman Rivers Stekel Tridon van derHoop THE TECHNIQUE OF PSYCHO-ANALYSIS DAVID FORSYTH First published in 1922 by Routledge, Trench, Teubner & Co., Ltd. Reprinted in 1999 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Transferred to Digital Printing 2007 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor &· Francis Group © 1922 David Forsyth All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. fhe publishers have made every effort to contact authors/copyright holders of the works reprinted in the International Library of Psychology. This has not been possible in every case, however, and we would welcome correspondence from those individuals/companies we have been unable to trace. These reprints are taken from original copies of each book. In many cases the condition of these originals is not perfect. The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the qualiry of these reprints, but wishes to point out that certain characteristics of the original copies will, of necessiry, be apparent in reprints thereof. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The Technique of Psycho-Analysis ISBN 0415-21088-7 Psychoanalysis: 28 Volumes ISBN 0415-21132-8 The International Library of Psychology: 204 Volumes ISBN ISBN 978-1136-33989-9 (ebk) PREFACE This little book owes its inception to an address which I gave to the members of the Psycho-neurological Society in London during my presidential year of office, but it ID:cludes much more than could be brought forward on that occasion. In its preparation some acquaintance with the subject on the part of the reader has been taken for granted. DAVID FoRSYTH. INTRODUCTION ~suppose that most medical men who come to practise psycho-analysis have their interest first awakened by reading psycho-analytical literature. They approach the practical side with an adequate or even extensive knowledge of theoretical considerations, but with no greater practical skill than can be acquired by studying the published accounts of analyses made by others. This is at best second-hand observation, and is far fro