Interpretation and Working Through

Werner M. Mendel, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 29, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1975.29.3.409

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The function of insight is independent of content. Insight is the result of the assignment of meaning as distinct from finding meaning. Interpretation leads to insight which binds anxiety and lifts repression, thus providing relief of symptoms. Working through is learning to apply the assigned meaning to new situations.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 29 • Number 3 • 1975, pp. 303–462

Pages: 409 - 414

PubMed: 1163696

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Published in print: 1975, pp. 303–462

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Werner M. Mendel, M.D.^†

Los Angeles, Calif.

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Paper presented at the meeting of the American Society for Phenomenological Psychollherapy, Detroit, May 5, 1974.

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Professor of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif. 90033.

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