Free Association Between the Promise of Honesty and the Practice of Self-Disclosure: A Re-Evaluation of the Fundamental Rule in Psychoanalytic Therapies
Tihan, Eusebiu Jean (2026), Free Association Between the Promise of Honesty and the Practice of Self-Disclosure: A Re-Evaluation of the Fundamental Rule in Psychoanalytic Therapies, Cunoașterea Științifică, 5:3, 9-30, DOI: 10.58679/CS56884, https://www.cunoasterea.ro/en/free-association-between-the-promise-of-honesty-and-the-practice-of-self-disclosure/ Abstract This article undertakes a systematic re-evaluation of the conceptual and clinical distinction between the fundamental rule of psychoanalysis—an ethical commitment to honesty—and the technique of free association. It argues that their persistent conflation in psychoanalytic literature has engendered a critical ‘technical reductionism’, obscuring the relational-ethical foundation … Citeşte mai mult