Nonverbal Behaviors in the Analytic Situation: The Search for Meaning in Nonverbal Cues

Two extended clinical examples are offered to show the value of attending to nonverbal behaviors in the analytic situation. Such kinesics may be highly charged transference actualizations that lead to the recovery of early memories. The material is viewed primarily from the theoretical standpoint of...

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Published inAmerican imago Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 487 - 514
Main Author MCLAUGHLIN, JAMES T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore The Johns Hopkins University Press 01.12.2010
Johns Hopkins University Press
Subjects
Anger
Anxiety
Brothers
Cues
Fingers
Guilt
Hands
Kinesics
Necklaces
Nonverbal communication
Stirrups
Thumb
Transference
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Summary:Two extended clinical examples are offered to show the value of attending to nonverbal behaviors in the analytic situation. Such kinesics may be highly charged transference actualizations that lead to the recovery of early memories. The material is viewed primarily from the theoretical standpoint of separation-individuation dynamics. The author argues that nonverbal phenomena should not be viewed as inferior to verbal communications or as less central to analytic work. (PLR)
ISSN:0065-860X
1085-7931
1085-7931
DOI:10.1353/aim.2010.0029