Advanced search
Publication Cover
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis Volume 97, 2016 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
245
Views
7
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

The edge of chaos: A nonlinear view of psychoanalytic technique

Robert M. Galatzer‐LevyClinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Faculty, Institute for Psychoanalysis, University of Chicago, ChicagoCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 409-427 | Received 21 Nov 2013, Accepted 29 Jan 2015, Published online: 31 Dec 2017

References

  • Boston Change Study Group (2005). The ‘something more’ than interpretation revisited: Sloppiness and co‐creativity in the psychoanalytic encounter. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 32(3):693–729.
  • Cohler B, Galatzer‐levy R (2007). What kind of science is psychoanalysis. Psychoanal Inq 27(5):547–582.
  • Duke M (1994). Chaos theory and psychology: Seven propositions. Genetic, Social, & General Psychology Monographs 120(3):267–86.
  • Frost R (1923). Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Available from: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171631 [accessed 22 May 2015].
  • Galatzer‐levy R (1976). Psychic energy: A historical perspective. Annual of Psychoanalysis. New York: International Universities Press, 41–64.
  • Galatzer‐levy R (1978). Qualitative change from quantitative change: Mathematical catastrophe theory in relation to psychoanalysis. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 26(4):921–35.
  • Galatzer‐levy R (1980). Characterizing our ignorance. Annual of Psychoanalysis 8:77–82.
  • Galatzer‐levy R (1988). On working through: A model from artificial intelligence. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 36(1):125–51.
  • Galatzer‐levy R (1995). Psychoanalysis and dynamical systems theory: Prediction and self similarity. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 43:1085–114.
  • Galatzer‐levy R (1997). On studying an overly complex interaction: The psychoanalytic process and chaos theory.
  • Galatzer‐levy R (2002). Emergence. Psychoanal Inq 22(5):708–27.
  • Galatzer‐levy R (2004). Chaotic possibilities: Toward a new model of development. Int J Psychoanal 85:419–41.
  • Galatzer‐levy R (2009a). Good vibrations: Analytic process as coupled oscillators. Int J Psychoanal 90:47–73.
  • Galatzer‐levy R (2009b). Finding your way through chaos, fractals and other exotic mathematical objects: A guide for the perplexed. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 57:1227–49.
  • Galatzer‐levy R (in preparation). From forty years of chaos: Nonlinear dynamics systems theory and psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge.
  • Gray P (1973). Psychoanalytic technique and the ego's capacity for viewing intrapsychic activity. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 21:474–94.
  • Gray P (1990). The nature of therapeutic action in psychoanalysis. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 38(4):1083–97.
  • Guastello S, Koopmans M, Pincus D, editors. (2009). Chaos and complexity in psychology: Theory of nonlinear dynamics. New York: Cambridge UP.
  • Kohut H (1959). Introspection, empathy, and psychoanalysis: An examination of the relationship between mode of observation and theory. In: Ornstein P, editor. The search for the self, 205–32. New York, NY: International Universities Press, 2011.
  • Langs R, Badalamenti A (1994). Psychotherapy: The search for chaos and the discovery of determinism. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 28(1):68–81.
  • Loewald H (1960). On the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis. Int J Psychoanal 41:16–33.
  • Marks‐turlow T (2008). Psyche's veil: Psychotherapy, fractals and complexity. London: Routledge.
  • Moran M (1990). Chaos theory and psychoanalysis. Int Rev Psychoanal 18:211–22.
  • OED Online (2014). Oxford UP, September 2014. Web 28 November 2014.
  • Piers C, Muller JP, Brent J, editors (2007). Self‐organizing complexity in psychological systems. Lanham, ND: Aronson.
  • Pragier G, Faure‐pragies S (2008). Repenser la psychanalyse avec les sciences. Paris: Presses Universitaires France.
  • Pringle‐pattison A (1917). The idea of God in the light of recent philosophy. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Quinodoz J (1997). Transitions in psychic structures in the light of deterministic chaos theory. Int J Psychoanal 78:699–718.
  • Ruelle D (1991). Chance and chaos. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP.
  • Seligman S (2006). Dynamic systems theories as a metaframework for psychoanalysis. Psychoanal Dial 15:286–319.
  • Spruiell V (1993). Deterministic chaos and the sciences of complexity. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 41:3–44.
  • Waelder R (1936). On the principle of multiple function. Psychoanal Q 5:45–62.
  • Waelder R (1963). Psychic determinism and the possibility of predictions. Psychoanal Q 32:15–42.
  • Winnicott D (1965). The maturational process and the facilitating environment. New York: International Universities Press.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.