This chapter analyses the concept of psychological disaggregation as the core of Janet’s psychopathology. Disaggregation is defined as a failure of synthesis that permits systems of ideas and functions to operate independently of personal consciousness. The chapter examines how narrowing of the field of consciousness and reduced psychological tension create the conditions for dissociation....
This chapter outlines Janet’s therapeutic model, grounded in the restoration of psychological synthesis and the strengthening of integrative functions. Therapy is presented as a gradual process aimed at increasing psychological tension, stabilising conduct, and reintegrating dissociated experiences. The chapter describes techniques such as suggestion, re-education of action, and the...