Prevailing wisdom in the clinical arena has had it that each
psychological sy- tom is a separate lock requiring its correspondingly
unique key. Thus, it has been thought with respect to symptoms, that
there are an infinite number of locks and a correspondingly infinite
number of keys. Further, the psychoanalytic sense of it is that each
symptom needs to be assessed, analyzed, and approached with reference to
the unique experience of the patient and the patient's history; among
other f- tors, also in terms of psychosexual conflict, and ego-strength.
Given this position, it also has been felt that no single procedure, or
code could be developed to address all symptoms of all patients as
though, as an analogy, one lock and one key could apply to every
symptom. In this sense, there has been scarcely any attempt to derive a
universal code that would address all symptoms with respect to the
formation and structure of the symptom, regardless of the patient's
particular experience and psychological h- tory. In this volume,
however, with only a few qualifications, I will present a s- gle
universal code to unlock any and all specifically defined psychological
symptoms. I will present a system and procedure-a blueprint-with which
to do it. One key. Further, this procedure will be guided entirely by a
set of propositions and axioms regarding each step in the unlocking of
any symptom.
