Victor G
Int J Psychoanal Psychother. 1978;7:225-39.
Conventional guidelines favor terse, mundane, unambiguous phrasing of interpretations, and the use of fanciful interpretations is rare in psychoanalytic literature. Some theoreticians have advocated interpretations that have multiple meanings and evoke primitive sensory and emotional responses. The latter functions can be served by metaphorical and especially by mythical interpretations, and their use in analytic therapy is suggested. Mythical interpretations tend to help the patient experience and express the forbidden and irrational; they imply that the therapist has a deep understanding of the patient. These effects are attributable to the psychodynamic determinants of myths and their cultural functions. Mythical interpretations further tend to provide implicit gratification to the patient, foster regression, and influence the patient's perception of and response to the therapist. Indications for use have yet to be worked out beyond preliminary speculations, and countertransference possibilities appear substantial. All of these considerations bear on the therapist's discretionary use of mythical interpretations.
传统的指导方针倾向于对解释采用简洁、平实、明确的措辞，在精神分析文献中很少使用奇特的解释。一些理论家主张采用具有多种含义并能唤起原始感官和情感反应的解释。后一种功能可以通过隐喻性解释，尤其是神话性解释来实现，并且有人建议在分析治疗中使用它们。神话性解释往往有助于患者体验和表达被禁止的、不合理的内容；它们意味着治疗师对患者有深刻的理解。这些效果归因于神话的心理动力学决定因素及其文化功能。神话性解释还往往会给患者提供隐性满足，促进退行，并影响患者对治疗师的认知和反应。除了初步推测之外，使用指征还有待确定，而且反移情的可能性似乎很大。所有这些因素都与治疗师对神话性解释的酌情使用有关。
