'Metapsychological Formulation:
A New Scientific Method of Psychoanalytic Clinical Research and Practice'
by Harry Anderson
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Many claim that Metapsychology is of no use in the clinical situation and
should be abandoned. The author's researches show that this attitude is the
result of an incomplete scientific evolution of the theory. If enabled to
mature, it provides a sound foundation for the creation of a true science of
clinical research and practice.

On entering the field of psychoanalysis, the author assumed that metapsychology
would be its "basic science" and that its "applied" ("technical" or "clinical")
theories would be created from it. In keeping with this belief, he steeped
himself in its study and developed respect for some parts of the theory before
discovering that his assumption was wrong. His curiosity persisted in spite of
collegial disinterest, however, and he was drawn into a long series of
surprising and unusual encounters that produced: a scientific method of
clinical research; several original researches; an unusually effective
self-analytic method; an intellectual bridge between psychoanalysis and its
neighbouring sciences; and a technical theory impervious to inappropriate
subjective influence.

This paper introduces a formulation method that is rooted in scientifically
developed metapsychological concepts and principles and makes primary use of
the clinician's conscious, cognitive mental processes. It should have special
appeal to those who sense the nearness of a fine marriage between
psychoanalysis and cognitive-emotional science followed by a scientific
revolution.

An illustration of the approach is provided.

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