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  • Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychotherapy

Background:

  • Silence in therapeutic settings is often complex.
  • It can represent various psychic and relational states.
  • Understanding silence is crucial for therapeutic progress.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the multifaceted functions of patient silence in psychotherapy.
  • To examine silence as a potential vehicle for psychic transformation.
  • To integrate concepts of 'microdialect' and 'second skin' in understanding silence.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis integrating psychoanalytic theories.
  • Exploration of silence through the lenses of 'microdialect' and 'second skin'.
  • Focus on the role of somatic experience and countertransference.

Main Results:

  • Patient silence functions at multiple levels of psychic and relational organization.
  • Somatic experiences of silence and elicited countertransference states are key.
  • Silence can act as a portal for accessing unrepresented experiences.

Conclusions:

  • Silence in therapy is a dynamic phenomenon with transformative potential.
  • It can facilitate movement between different levels of psychic organization.
  • Therapists can utilize silence as a pathway to unrepresented patient experience.