Why psychoanalysis failed to embrace dialectics: Pathways for progressive change through implicit psychotherapy - Part I

Abstract

Authorities have openly acknowledged the worsening of mental health in the society, despite subtantial investments in the field. Throughout the past century, clinicians and theorists have made various efforts to question and refine tra- ditional approachs to healing. However, as seen in the sphere of ideological movements, these efforts ultimately led to a fragmentated psychotherapeutic landscape and an incoherent narrative of biological psychiatry and neuro- science. This essay explores a generalized approach to psychotherapy that interveawes psychoanalitic thought, philo- sophy, power dynamics, psychotraumatology, and contemporary popular culture. The author emphasizes philosop- hical foundations, particularly Hegelian dialectics, as a means of driving change not only in society but also individual experience. The manuscript delves into implicit and immediate factors within psychotherapy, framing estrangement to oneself and the environment as a core psychopathological issue. Dialectical Dynamic Therapy (DDT) is proposed as a comprehensive framework designed to foster emancipatory movements. It functions in conjunction with Implicit Psychotherapy which directly engages the symbolic network of mental apparatus to minimize resistances, utilizing this approach as its core communication technique. Considering interpersonal and societal interference as a security threat to the essence of the individual, subtle encryption of communication between patient and therapist plays a crucial role in safety of the interaction. A novel model of mind is formulated which is suitable to address the concept of di- gital brain. Dialectical Discourse, as proposed and outlined in this paper, serves as the fundamental basis of this approach aimed at healing to the greatest extent possible while carrying the ethical and professional responsibility and accountability about the clinical outcome. - AU - Vedat Sar