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DE L'HYPNOSE A LA PSYCHANALYSE

par Melchior, Thierry
Référence Psychothérapies, 15, 4, page (223-231)
Publication Publié, 1995

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Freud's use of hypnosis, within the frame of the cathartic method, leads him unwittingly to suggest memories consistent with his beliefs. He accordingly holds to the , then forsakes it when he realizes that his patients memories are mostly confabulated. He refuses to acknowledge the influence he exerted, and elaborates an explanation of his patients behavior which will become the psychoanalytic theory. One can wonder whether in so doing he did not lead psychotherapy into a more authoritarian direction than that of the hypnosis from which he departed.