ABSTRACT

The persistence of the infantile is nowhere more apparent than in the termination process. This dread of termination may interfere with both the patient's capacity to terminate and the analyst's capacity to let patients go. Certain patients have an intense wish to maintain a permanent connection with the analyst. Analysing that wish does not necessarily change the patient's conviction that they are not ready to fully terminate. The love experienced in the transference may be the best love relationship that the patient has ever had. The intensity and pervasiveness of the infantile in our work may best be glimpsed by studying the defences against the infantile. Ultimately, we must respect the patient's limits in some cases, rather than pick them apart and cajole the patient into another view that we prefer. Freud was perhaps uncharacteristically candid in saying that he questioned whether a true transformation was achieved at the time of termination.

摘要

婴儿的坚持在终止过程中最为明显。这种对终止的恐惧可能会干扰患者终止的能力和分析师让患者离开的能力。某些患者强烈希望与分析师保持永久联系。分析这种愿望并不一定会改变患者的信念，即他们还没有准备好完全终止。在移情中体验到的爱可能是患者曾经拥有过的最好的爱情关系。通过研究对婴儿的防御，可以最好地瞥见我们工作中婴儿的强度和普遍性。最终，在某些情况下，我们必须尊重患者的极限，而不是将它们分开并哄骗患者进入我们更喜欢的另一种观点。