We consider the following standard problems appearing in optimal mass transportation theory: • when a transference plan is extremal, • when a transference plan is the unique transference plan concentrated on a set A, • when a transference plan is optimal. We study these three problems with a general approach: (1) choose some necessary conditions, depending on the problem we are considering; (2)...

A B S T R AC T We start with the premise that organizations are processes of human behavior that are experienced as experiential and perceptual systems governed by unconscious processes. This starting point leads us to discuss psychoanalytically informed organizational perspectives as a means of understanding how psychological reality shapes organizational dynamics. In particular, we argue that...

Transference is a key concept in psychoanalysis, distinguishing the analytic technique from other forms of psychotherapy. In this essay, we place transference into the context of a general psychology of human functioning and link it to the neurobiology of perception. Despite the centrality of transference in psychoanalysis, the concept remains poorly defined and has been discussed in terms of m...

Transference and countertransference feelings/reactions are a valuable source of information about a patient's inner world. A consultation liaison psychiatrist has to help the entire treatment team to understand the patient as well as treat the patient. Studies about transference and countertransference in medical settings are insufficient. An idealized transference often develops, usually at t...

Transcripts of early sessions for 7 personality-disordered male subjects participating in an ongoing naturalistic long-term dynamic psychotherapy project were rated for therapist interventions and alliance. Early transference interpretations were followed by increased defensiveness even when there was a solid alliance. Omitting transference interpretations in the face of an early negative trans...

Transference can be understood to have complementary aspects: the experience in the here-and-now of the relationship with the analyst and the repetition of old relationships. The concept of an enactment is proposed to describe the vivid reexperience of childhood relationships in the here-and-now of the analytic relationship. Countertransference contributions to the enactment are discussed. Tran...