RESUMEN
The termination ideal for analytic work stands at a considerable distance from clinical reality; "complete" terminations are rare indeed. This gap is perhaps best explored by considering sequels-instances in which ex-analyst and ex-patient become nonsexual friends post treatment. The meanings and implications of these post-termination friendships-their complexities, problematic edges, serious difficulties, and the potential therapeutic benefit of this deviation from the termination ideal-are illustrated using the unfinished story of a good treatment and its yet-to-be-defined ending. Thus, the psychoanalytic model of termination is interrogated, and the complexities of treatment sequels, for both patient and analyst, are elucidated.
Asunto(s)
Psicoanálisis , Terapia Psicoanalítica , HumanosRESUMEN
The world of Mad Men is one in which life lived on the surface and repression dominates the scene. A superficial reading seems to suggest that the classically gendered subject-object split characterizes Mad Men: women in the series appear devoid of desire, while men possess power, sexuality and agency. But despite its blatant sexism, Mad Men's rendering has turned traditional 1960s American culture on its head. There is no subject-object split in Mad Men because men do not have access to the subject position; they, as much as women, remain objects to themselves and their partners. In the absence of mutual recognition, serotics ultimately fails.