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On Conceptual and Technical Integrity in Psychoanalysis and Behavior Therapy

Two Fundamentally Incompatible Systems

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Psychoanalytic Therapy and Behavior Therapy

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American psychology has long been polarized with respect to the nature and role of unconscious mental processes. If early metaphysical behaviorists steadfastly rejected both unconsciousness and consciousness, psychoanalysts resolutely continued to espouse a complex structure of unconscious mental processes (Shevrin & Dickman, 1980). At the intellectual level, it is reasonable to conclude that the mutual antagonism between behavior therapy and psychoanalysis that characterized the early development of behavior therapy stemmed in part from this dichotomy. At a more pragmatic level, there were other driving forces.

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Franks, C.M. (1984). On Conceptual and Technical Integrity in Psychoanalysis and Behavior Therapy. In: Arkowitz, H., Messer, S.B. (eds) Psychoanalytic Therapy and Behavior Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2733-2_17

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