精神治療에서의 解釋

Interpretation in Psychotherapy

The purpose of this paper is twofold. One is that the author briefly reviewed the concept of interpretation in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy through the literature of Western psychotherapy ; the concepts of interpretation relating to its historical change, the function，the contents and the practice of making interpretation. He noted the recent trends of emphasizing the analyst，s function as an interpreter not only to simply paraphrasing the patients’ s verbal reports, but also indicating what is not being reported at the appropriate moments. The other is that the author, from his personal experience of psychotherapy training in Korea, described the significance of “Taoistic Perspective of Interpretation” in the traditional Tao and traditional form of psychotherapy. Since the begining of 1970，he has been actively involved in the activities of the Korean Academy of Psychotherapists which has been led by prof. D. Rhee, and of which the aims were to assimilate Western psychoanalysis and psychotherapy on the basis of traditional Eastern Tao and to integrate both Eastern and Western disciplines. Through the repeated exposure to the psychotherapy practice of and teachings of Prof. D. Rhee, the author found that his demonstrations and illustrations of psychotherapy were good examples of integration of Eastern Tao and Western psychotherapy. The Prof. D. Rhee’ s therapeutic climate was unusually warm and natural. Active participation on the part of the therapist, vivid interaction with the patient and the highest quality of empathy were very characteristic of his therapies. The interpretations of his therapy are very different from the Western style of psychotherapy. His interpretations were not primarily focused on the emotional abreaction(sexual and aggressive), but were frequently focused on the ultimate resolution of the conflicts producing the lifelong effects on the patient’ s mind. Finally, the author depicted the importance of Taoistic perspectives of interpretations in various aspects. The Taoistic interventions include not only verbal interpretations given by the therapist but also all the activities of the psychotherapist and even the mere presence of the therapist, because the Tao emphasizes therapy with “Wu-Wei” ( 無爲) “Jen” (仁) or “No Mind” ( 無心) ，the highest form of psychotherapy.