Schwaber E A
Psychoanalytic Institute of New England.
J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 1992;40(4):1039-57. doi: 10.1177/000306519204000404.
Freud's shift to the fantasy theory of neurosogenesis defined the investigation of intrapsychic life as our fundamental theoretical purview. In assigning to inner experience a data base for scientific exploration, there is reflected a central epistemological innovation which must profoundly alter the way we view what is real. This paper considers some of the continuing clinical challenges and far-reaching implications posed by this shift to "psychic reality" as our core psychoanalytic theory.
