Abstract

Transference management stands at the crossing point between clinic and ethics, and leaves open the question concerning the analyst’s desire and the objectives of cure. In a Dangerous Method, the connection between transferential dependence and the risks involved due to Jung’s mismanagement are examined through the lens of David Cronenberg. Despite the difference of interests there is between the Canadian director, who takes his obsessions to the subjects he addresses, and those of psychoanalysts regarding theory and clinical practice, the film offers theoretical interest. It does not pretend to be a rigorous approach to the psychoanalytic method, but can, in itself, be read as a symptom of actuality which preserves Freud’s essential contribution and the vicissitudes of reading him a century later.

Key words: Psychoanalysis | Transference | Analyst’s desire | Jung | Freud