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Lesson 34 Post- Transferential Elaboration I

In Lesson 32 we commented on Step 6, the Post-transferential Elaboration, and Step 7, the Conclusion of the Transferential Process. We presented the indicators of when these steps occur. The main indicators are a change in the subject’s point of view with respect to a problem, a positive change in behavior in the concrete situation he is working on, and registers of understanding and “fitting together” of contents that before this time he has not integrated or understood. There can be other indicators of the success of the transferential process, but of course these will be a function of the initial interest the subject proposes. Therefore, if the subject expressed interest in learning techniques or acquiring more knowledge about the workings of the consciousness, it would be strange if a change in behavior resulted as a consequence of that transferential work. There would be a similar problem if someone first expressed an interest in unfixing and transferring a certain climate, but then later expected results he did not initially express to the guide so he was unaware of the subject’s expectations, and could therefore not conduct the transference adequately. Although we have said that the guide will orient and conduct the process according to the interests initially formulated by the subject, another principal reference point the guide will use to orient the process is the indicators of resistance that appear during the process. Because of this, unforeseen discharges and transferential movements may occur and modify the initial proposal made by the subject. A sequential integration and reordering of contents may occur during the post-transferential elaboration, just as it occurs in the transferential session itself. However, in the post-transferential elaboration this process may continue for quite a long time after the guided work has been concluded. If this is happening, the subject will feel that “something” is continuing to change within him. Sometimes, contents from biographical stages long past are integrated not during the transferential sessions themselves, but during the later post-transferential process. For example, think of an adult in whom one can see strong infantile characteristics. Suppose this person has now finished a transferential process and made changes of some importance, but we still do not notice any change in his infantile tendencies. It could then happen that little by little we will begin to notice that this person begins to drop his infantile characteristics, and in their place gradually begins to develop roles which are more mature and typical of his actual age. This kind of thing happens quite frequently, although often sometime after the transferential sessions themselves are concluded. A curious and often highly “flashy” or visible phenomenon will happen if the post-transferential process accelerates the change of a person’s reverie nucleus, and its energy is transferred into a whole new direction. This radical change will in any event be positive because it runs in the direction of the progressive integration of the contents of the consciousness.

Recommendations Re-read all the lessons on the subject of Operative and repeat the exercises that were not carried out properly or completely.

SELF TRANSFERENCE

1. Review of Operative Before working on Self Transference answer the following questions, preferably in writing:
   1. What is the Operative system useful for?
   2. What are the two major systems used in Operative? What is the function of each system?
   3. What is the objective of the Operative system?
   4. What is the best way to study and practice Operative?
   5. What empirical or everyday kinds of catharsis can you name?
   6. What is empirical catharsis useful for?
   7. Why are the Relax practices alone sometimes not sufficient, and one needs to use the techniques of catharsis?
   8. What does the Cathartic Probe technique consist of?
   9. What are the principal indicators of a “significant answer” to a stimulus-word?
   10. At what stage of the probe do the first cathartic expressions occur?
   11. How is the Cathartic Feedback Probe done?
   12. In what ways can impulses be blocked?
   13. What are the steps of a Cathartic Probe?
   14. What are the steps of a Profound Catharsis? How do they differ from those of a Cathartic Probe?
   15. When is it useful to do a Profound Catharsis?
   16. What problems occur most frequently when working with Profound Catharsis?
   17. What happens when the impulses or signals are blocked before they reach the centers of response?
   18. What is the difference between Catharsis and Transference?
   19. Give examples of empirical transference.
   20. Based on your studies of Operative, what is the difference between tensions and climates?
   21. What is the difference between the translation, deformation, and absence of impulses?
   22. What are the differences between perception and representation?
   23. What are associative chains? What are the different kinds of associations?
   24. What is the relationship between one’s level of consciousness, and free versus directed associative chains?
   25. What are the differences between the space of perception and the space of representation from the point of view of the kinds of objects one puts in these spaces?
   26. How are the impulses in the space of representation modified as one’s level of consciousness varies?
   27. What is the difference between depths and levels in the space of representation? What general changes occur in an image as its location changes in both depth and vertical level?
   28. Draw and explain the general diagram of apparatuses and impulses.
   29. What are the differences between the remembered images, the imagined ones, and the allegorized images in a represented scene?
   30. What are the differences between Allegories, Symbols and Signs?
   31. From the point of view of the transformation of impulses, how are symbols generated?
   32. How can Symbols be classified?
   33. Give an example of a sequence of symbols that concentrates, disperses, transfers and fixes a tension.
   34. In a symbolic sequence, what indicates that a relaxation has occurred, that is, that a resistance has been overcome?
   35. What is the difference between a theme and a plot?
   36. What are the general types of themes in our classification system?
   37. What are the general types of plots in our classification system?
   38. What are the differences between Symbolic Reduction, Allegorical Analysis, Allegorical Summary, and Allegorical Interpretation?
   39. What are Symbols useful for?
   40. What are Allegories useful for?
   41. What are the general principles by which one guides the Catharsis and Transference using the resistances as reference points?
   42. What are the main indicators of resistance in the transferential processes?
   43. What are the three main transferential techniques, and how are they carried out?
   44. What indicates that each technique is needed?
   45. What does a Transferential Probe consist of?
   46. What is the difference between a Transferential Probe and a Profound Transference?
   47. What are the indicators that one should do a Profound Transference?
   48. What are the indicators that one should not do a Profound Transference?
   49. What are the steps of a Transference? How are they carried out?
   50. What is the difference between the Transference of Images and the Transference of Climates?
   51. What are the requirements for doing a Transference of Climates?
   52. How do you work with climates that are not associated with specific visual images?
   53. What are the steps of a Negative Transference?
   54. What happens during the post-transferential elaboration?

II. Differences Between Transference and Self Transference A Self Transference does not require an external guide. The external guide used in Operative is replaced by a special image which directs one’s internal movements. We call this image the “internal guide.” Other differences between Self Transference and Transference are that Self Transference uses fixed themes and plots, whereas Transference does not. And obviously, there is no vigilic discussion in a Self-Transference because there is no external guide. One may also work repeatedly on the same plot in greater depth in Self Transference.

III. Introduction to Self-Transference Self-Transference gives coherence to one’s psychological phenomena by integrating contents. It is used principally to convert the meaning of a particular situation or the general situation the person lives in. Because one uses fixed themes and plots in Self Transferential processes, the principal indicators of resistance are defects in constructing a scene, the difficulties in fitting climates to the images, and difficulties in converting the negative climates. Let’s see this in more detail. Suppose one’s interest were to produce a “reconciliation.” To do this, the operator would assemble his mental scene and place in it the people he has hostile relationships with. He would then try to operate and transfer charges so that when he finishes working he has achieved the proposed objective and feels reconciled. Numerous registers of resistance will no doubt appear during the development (see Lesson 30 in Operative). Afterwards it will be clear whether he achieved the basic fitting, or whether he needs continued work to achieve adequate registers. Any defects in composing the scene-which will have hindered a good fitting and later conversion-should be carefully observed so he can correct them later. The operator will know how to correct things because the interest was clear beforehand, in this case to produce a “reconciliation.”

Recommendations 1. Study each lesson with other people, and then do the proposed exercises. 2. After the practice, exchange experiences and points of view with the other participants to enrich your own techniques. 3. Take notes on what you do. 4. Make sure to deepen your practice in following days. 5. Whenever post-transferential registers appear in dreams or everyday life, record your observations of them.