On Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytically Oriented Psychotherapies

Abstract

Reacting to the presentation of the “Plan for the Protection of Health Against Pseudotherapies” of the Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare, the Spanish Sociey of Psychoanalysis shares the necessary objective of regulating and updating the professional practice of Mental Health both in the public and private spheres , since it is part of the deontological responsibility of our professions. In this sense, we consider that it is also necessary to respond in order to clarify some topical opinions about Psychoanalysis that have been poured into media of communication, social networks and some professional media.

The current Psychoanalysis is a Psychology eminently focused on relational phenomena, from a bio-psycho-social conception of the human being in wich therefore, a complex multicausality is assumed. Psychoanalysis continuously evolves in new models that try to provide understanding about human functioning, as well as in new techniques and intervention formats that achieve good results, at least as good as, and in some aspects, better than other evidence-based treatments in Psychiatry.