The forward edge transference within self-psychology and the activation of inborn capacity through interpretation and internalization

This paper builds on the ideas of self-psychologists Marian Tolpin and Richard Geist in two ways. Firstly, the idea of using forward edge transference as fostering the promotion of psychological health and well-being. I present two verbatim clinical examples showing the use of forward edge transference, and thus the intersubjective engagement between therapist and patient. I suggest that forward edge transference, rooted in healthy and self-affirming childhood experiences, can lie buried and forgotten. Secondly, using the same two examples, this paper adopts the notion of interpretation as a carrier of selfobject functions and shows how the interpretation of forward edge transferences has the potential to catalyse (forgotten) inborn capacity. Internalization, a part of selfobject function and psychic development, is re-thought of as a process in which an interaction between patient and therapist appears to (re)activate inborn potential/capacity for the patient rather than as something the patient ‘takes in’ from the other/selfobject.

Determination and Freedom in Creation Mediated by Sign Systems

ABSTRACT This article examines the relationship between determination and freedom in the human act of creation mediated by the use of sign systems. To this end, an approximation is made between György Lukács’ philosophical-ontological reflection on the dialectic between teleology and causality in work activity and analysis carried out by Lev Vigotski on the importance of sign systems for human psychic development. It is concluded that creation involves complex relations between the freedom of the subjects and the socio-cultural determinations.

DIÁLOGOS E REFLEXÕES ACERCA DAS CONTRIBUIÇÕES DA PSICOLOGIA HISTÓRICO-CULTURAL E DA PEDAGOGIA HISTÓRICO-CRÍTICA PARA A EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL

The present study aims to bring into light reflective dialogues over child development from the contributions brought by cultural-historical psychology and critical-historical pedagogy in the field of early child education. The bibliographic-analytical research supports its analyses in the epistemology of the dialectical-historical materialism when the human development conditioned to the real circumstances of existence is understood. The thematic categories found in the analyzes were the periodization of child development and the organization of its teaching practices, which restated that the historical totality permeated by the conditions of life and education are determining factors for psychic development. As consequence, it was possible to conclude that the pedagogical treatment based on the theoretical matrices presented for early child education, proposes a break of the naturalist conception, emphasizing the need for pedagogical intentionality based on the periodization of development.

Dimensão Espiritual e Psicologia: A Busca pela Inteireza

This article aimed to research the spiritual dimension in psychology from the lines of thought of Viktor Emil Frankl, founder of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, and Carl Gustav Jung, creator of Analytical Psychology. To do so, we use the bibliographic method, emphasizing the use of the works of the authors and more contemporary interpreters of these authors. Logotherapy excelled for showing to be a therapeutic method structured with goals, procedures and facilitating techniques specifics for the patient who experiences some kind of existential suffering to seek and find meaning. Analytical psychology has showed that the psychotherapy envisions favoring the individual's process of psychic development, that is, awareness of consciousness, through the approach of the ego-Self axis. In this context, it values the influence of the Imago Dei archetype at the collective and individual levels, and the conscious experience of religiosity. Therefore, we conclude that the ideas of Frankl and Jung show more approximations than distances in relation to philosophical influences, the understanding of the importance of the conscious experiences of the human being with religiosity and spirituality in search of integration, unity, and wholeness of his dimensions. Differing in the understanding of the foundation of the spiritual dimension in man.