{"title":"The work of the human mind: Time and symbolization (in honour of Dana's work and thought).","authors":"Elias M da Rocha Barros","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2429305","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order to honour the work of Dana Birksted-Breen I will attempt to show how the reading of her work has impacted on my own thinking and changed it or modified it. I would like to begin by highlighting one of Dana's claims in <i>The Work of Psychoanalysis</i>. I will focus on two areas: (1) the development of symbolic capacity and its connection with temporality, and (2) the concept of reverie as a <i>cornerstone of the psychoanalytic enterprise and that which promotes change</i>. I will discuss these two topics following the development of some sessions of a patient. Through the clinical material I will deepen my understanding of Dana's concept of <i>reverberation time</i> in connection both with the progression of symbolic representation and with the use of reverie by the analyst in the inter-subjectivity of the session.</p>","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 6","pages":"938-949"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2429305","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/1/29 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOANALYSIS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In order to honour the work of Dana Birksted-Breen I will attempt to show how the reading of her work has impacted on my own thinking and changed it or modified it. I would like to begin by highlighting one of Dana's claims in The Work of Psychoanalysis. I will focus on two areas: (1) the development of symbolic capacity and its connection with temporality, and (2) the concept of reverie as a cornerstone of the psychoanalytic enterprise and that which promotes change. I will discuss these two topics following the development of some sessions of a patient. Through the clinical material I will deepen my understanding of Dana's concept of reverberation time in connection both with the progression of symbolic representation and with the use of reverie by the analyst in the inter-subjectivity of the session.
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It is the only psychoanalytic journal regularly publishing extensive contributions by authors throughout the world - facilitated by a system of international editorial boards and the policy of allowing submission and review in all main European languages, followed by translation of accepted papers at the Journal"s expense. We publish contributions on Methodology, Psychoanalytic Theory & Technique, The History of Psychoanalysis, Clinical Contributions, Research and Life-Cycle Development, Education & Professional Issues, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and Interdisciplinary Studies. The Journal also publishes the main papers and panel reports from the International Psychoanalytical Association"s Congresses, book reviews, obituaries, and correspondence.