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Conceptual and Technical Aspects of Psychoanalytic Enactment: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Severo Charlie Trelles,
Laskoski Pricilla Braga,
Teche Stefania Pigatto,
Bassols Ana Margareth,
Saldanha Raquel Forgiarini,
Wellausen Rafael Stella,
Rodrigues Wageck Aline André,
Costa Camila Piva Da,
Rebouças Diego Barreto,
Padoan Carolina Stopinski,
Barros Alcina Juliana Soares,
Nunes Maria Lucia Tiellet,
Eizirik Cláudio Laks
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/bjp.12386
Subject(s) - projective identification , psychology , psycinfo , psychoanalytic theory , dyad , unconscious mind , psychic , psychodynamics , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , identification (biology) , interpersonal communication , therapeutic relationship , countertransference , interpersonal relationship , process (computing) , epistemology , social psychology , medline , medicine , philosophy , botany , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , computer science , law , biology , operating system
Ongoing studies in psychoanalysis have been broad and progressive, and have dealt with a number of different phenomena. Many thus foster the identification of intersubjective aspects that characterize therapeutic relationships today, including enactments. The concept of enactment first appeared in the literature in the mid‐1980s and was defined as a manifestation where, in the analytic situation, both analyst and patient unconsciously ‘play out’ psychic conflicts that must be worked out therapeutically. Resulting from unconscious forces activated mutually by the members of a therapeutic dyad, enactments are characterized by transferential and countertransferential dynamics. They are based on the mechanism of projective identification, which is interpersonal and intersubjective. In preparing the present systematic review, PUBMED, PsycINFO and LILACS databases were consulted, a process that generated a total of 59 articles. This paper gives an account of articles published on enactment, including authors, journals, year, type of study and diagnoses, as well as the gender and age bracket of patients mentioned in the literature investigated. We specifically describe how the authors of the respective articles understand and identify the concept of enactment and how they deal with this phenomenon in their clinical work.