Nebenwirkungen bei psychoanalytisch orientierten Therapien

Freud discovered that psychoanalysis is potentially a dangerous method consisting of multiple explosive elements. But what are the risks and where can they be found? The author describes the possible side effects of psychodynamic therapy, such as dependency on the therapist, avoidance of personal duties, fixation on problems, increased feelings of inferiority and difficulties in social relationships. He shows how these effects are connected with basic psychoanalytic techniques, such as free association, abstinence, interpretation and easing of the burden of the superego. Only if the therapist knows about such unwanted effects will he be able to identify them in time and be able to inform the patients as is obligatory according to current legal practice.