Psychic change

The rationale behind the method I am proposing is predicated on the assumption that, if a psychoanalyst or a psychotherapist can sense when patients are in the early stages of a mental breakdown, then they can catch them before they decompensate. I am suggesting that the breakdown is a psychological necessity mandated by the arrival of deferred issues, from events experienced during the self’s early life, or from a disintegration owing to weaknesses in the ego. Although this abruption may be a terrifying event, both for the patients themselves and for their friends and family, the encounter with deeply meaningful memories, mental strategies and painful emotions from the past can transform the impending catastrophe into a potential space for profound change. Looking back to Emily, Anna, and Mark certain things are clear insofar as psychic change is concerned.