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Enactment: Listening to psychic gestures
1Madrid Psychoanalytic Association, Madrid, Spain.
The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis
|May 6, 2021
Summary
Psychoanalytic listening now incorporates enactment, a method to understand unconscious communication beyond words. This approach reveals the "psychic gesture," crucial for early development and therapeutic insight into the self.
Area of Science:
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Modern psychoanalysis acknowledges early-life interpersonal exchanges shaping the psyche.
- Clinical approaches are evolving to address the impact of these early links.
Purpose of the Study:
- To advocate for analytic listening through enactment as a key clinical tool.
- To explore enactment's role in understanding unconscious psychic processes.
Main Methods:
- Clinical case material analysis.
- Psychoanalytic listening focusing on enactment.
- Utilizing free association and evenly suspended attention.
Main Results:
- Enactment serves as a conceptual tool for understanding the "psychic gesture."
- The psychic gesture is an image-based psychic registration from early object interactions.
- Enactment facilitates insight into the intersubjective origins of the psyche.
Conclusions:
- Listening through enactment is essential for accessing the "psychic gesture."
- Enactment is a vital intermediate stage in psychoanalytic processes.
- This method helps patients understand their psychic development and take ownership of their lives.
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