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Words and transitional phenomena in psychotherapy.

Marcus Favero¹, Donald R Ross

¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Child Psychiatry Service, 725 Wang Ambulatory Care Center, Boston, MA 02144, USA.

American Journal of Psychotherapy

|September 10, 2003

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In analytic psychotherapy, language acts as a therapeutic space, akin to Winnicott

Area of Science:

Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Linguistics

Background:

Language is central to analytic psychotherapy, shaping patient expression.
Winnicott's concept of transitional space offers a framework for understanding therapeutic environments.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the concept of a transitional space of language in analytic psychotherapy.
To investigate the significance of language switching in revealing this therapeutic space.

Main Methods:

Qualitative analysis of therapeutic discourse.
Focus on moments of language switching and specific word usage.

Main Results:

Language in analytic therapy creates a unique transitional space.

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Moments of language switch highlight this space and words with transitional object qualities.

Language switching reveals the symbolic functions of language in therapy.

Conclusions:

The transitional space of language is a key element in analytic psychotherapy.
Observing language switching offers insights into therapeutic processes and symbolic meaning.