Alloying the Gold of Psychoanalysis with the Copper of Suggestion: From Suggestion to Transference Interpretation

Abstract

The first part of this commentary discusses from a psychoanalytic perspective some of the arguments presented in Raz & Wolfson’s Target Article. The second part of the commentary focuses more precisely on a paradox associated with the notion of suggestion as used in the article when seen from a psychoanalytic perspective—in particular, in relation to the shift in Freud’s interest from suggestion to unconscious psychic processes. Ideas for further research are then presented.

Keywords:

• Freud’s neurotica
• interpretation
• psychic content
• suggestion
• transference
• unconscious