Modern Psychoanalysis

I think that one of the greatest contributions of psychoanalysis

has been and continues to be the knowledge of oneself which

augments one's self-awareness and that of others. Although

it takes long years to acquire self-knowledge, in PA it is realised

through transference. It is the relation that is established

between the analyst and the analysand that self-knowledge

is realised by transcending repression and the defences

that we have built during all our years to be able to contain

our frustrations and unsatisfied desires. We still keep our

defence system after P-A but we are better able to cope

with our frustrations and can lower our defences to be

able to sublimate them into an artistic or scientific

activity. Thus, our energy can freely circulate within

our mind which, I think, is one clear definition of

creativity.