Two schools of thought concerning the value of imagery in psychoanalysis are contrasted. Discussion centers on the kinds of object relations manifested in the images of different types of patients, the role of imagery in internalizing particular analyst functions, and the value of attending to transference and countertransference images in promoting the forward movement of psychoanalytic treatment.
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