Transference-countertransference implications in Freud's patient's recall of Weber's Der Freischutz

Journal/Book: Psychoanalytic Review. 1993; 80: 293-307.

Abstract: Combines biographical data with comments by Freud on the interpretation of songs to demonstrate that operatic evocations in treatment reveal unconscious patient-therapist interactions. A patient's parapraxis of her evocation of Agathe's aria in Act II of C. M. von Weber's Der Freischutz is interpreted and discussed as reflecting the "here-and-now" in the session, expanding the classical interpretation of transference-countertransference data. Analysis of the opera's plot suggest that both members of the therapeutic dyad were experiencing positive transference-countertransference states and that treatment was on the verge of an impasse. In support of this argument, Freud's theory of song interpretation and his previous personal use of an aria from this opera are examined.

Note: interpretation of transference & countertransference aspects of recall of aria in Weber's opera "Der Freishut"; Freud's female patient

Keyword(s): Psychoanalytic interpretation; countertransference ; psychotherapeutic transference; music ; freud sigmund

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