Editing Faust (section)

==In psychotherapy==
Psychodynamic therapy uses the idea of a Faustian bargain to explain [[defence mechanisms]], usually rooted in childhood, that sacrifice elements of the self in favor of some form of psychological survival. For the neurotic, abandoning one's genuine feeling self in favour of a [[True self and false self|false self]] more amenable to caretakers may offer a viable form of life, but at the expense of one's true emotions and affects.<ref>{{cite book |first=Diana |last=Fosha |date=5 May 2000 |title=The Transforming Power of Affect: A model for accelerated change |page=83 |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=978-0-465-09567-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMlrAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Transforming+Power+of+Affect |url-access=subscription }}</ref> For the psychotic, a Faustian bargain with an [[omnipotence|omnipotent-self]] can offer the imaginary refuge of a [[John Steiner (psychoanalyst)#Psychic retreat|psychic retreat]] at the price of living in unreality.<ref>{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Williams |year=2001 |title=A Language for Psychosis: Psychoanalysis of psychotic states |page=23 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-93325-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6R68EVWmgfsC&q=faust |url-access=subscription }}</ref>