Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Process theory vs Structure theory (SP 2023) (自體的心理學)

第一次看到這個分野,是 Howard Bacal 講特異性理論  (Specificity theory) ,

Bacal 說, 特異性理論是歷程理論 (process theory),而非結構理論 (structure theory),

結構理論,以說明結構取勝,比如說,佛洛依德,克萊茵,Fairbairn,Kohut,拉岡桑,

歷程理論,以說明歷程取勝,比如說,Winnicott,Kohut,關係學派精神分析 (Relational Psychoanalysis),

你可以說,

結構理論,說的是,打開來,裡面藏了什麼;歷程理論,說的是,怎麼回事,發生了什麼,

換句話說,

結構理論,需要清晰的洞察 (crisp insight) ;歷程理論,需要豐富的經驗,

前者深思熟慮拆解細究;後者行雲流水一氣呵成,

結構主義,是結構理論;後結構主義,是歷程理論,

自體心理學,是結構理論;自體的心理學,是歷程理論,

小結,自體的心理學,講的是那個,難得糊塗的人,一生跌跌撞撞,的未必終成正果,的故事,我不認為,那個人,考慮周到,計畫精準,我認為,那個人,有點衝動,有點莽撞,甚至有點憨蠢,意思是說,那個人,分明對結構,大而化之,不明就裡,喜歡歷程,無明流轉,一躍而下,直到 (也許),某個還滅的瞬間,

有趣的是,讓人動容的,是那個歷程,作為生命存在過的見證,

這時你會說,這個故事真好聽真好看,但我不知道,它是怎麼發生的,

比如說,But I have a son—Scott—who has a remarkable gift for catching fish. Once, when he was very young and we were on vacation at a lake house, I saw him go to the lake and kneel down and place the palm of his hand on the water’s surface, like a ritual in an innocent religious ceremony. … That gesture of touching the surface of the water has stayed with me for years, and it is the leaping-off point of this story.(The Valley of Light, Terry Kay, 2003)