On the Analyst’s Biases: Examples of Heteronormativity and of Polyamory

Abstract

Every theory of the mind is a more or less successful attempt, made by the conscious psyche, to describe the indescribable by definition: the psychic process. Nevertheless, the immediate consequence of a theory of the mind is to define what is possible and what is not possible, within a psychotherapeutic journey, as if it builds walls and paths; after building them, it becomes necessary to pass precisely from there and not from any other place, unless one breaks down the walls.… Drawing the lines of a theory, thus, a theorist should remember to use pencil and eraser, so to say, in order to look back on what he or she has drawn and correct it, because defining what is possible and what is not, what is normality and what is pathology, is equal to stating what is “right” and what is “wrong.” -Tricarico (2015, p. 63)