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1The New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, New York, NY, USA. hoffman.leon@gmail.com.
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
|May 8, 2025
Summary
This study explores emotion schemas and unconscious fantasy in therapy. Unconscious fantasies can influence therapeutic interactions by priming both patient and therapist.
Area of Science:
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychotherapy Research
- Psychoanalytic Theory
Background:
- Clinical interactions involve conscious and unconscious communication.
- Patients express ideas and feelings through verbal and non-verbal cues.
- These expressions relate to personal desires, relationships, and transference.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose that unconscious fantasy overlaps with the concept of emotion schema.
- To highlight emotion schemas as emotionally infused mental representations.
- To discuss the role of priming phenomena in the therapeutic dyad.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical exploration of emotion schemas and unconscious fantasy.
- Analysis of Wilma Bucci's theory on emotion schemas.
- Discussion of priming effects within the therapeutic relationship.
Main Results:
- Emotion schemas are derived from conscious and unconscious subsymbolic and symbolic processes.
- The term 'emotion schema' can represent 'emotionally infused mental representation'.
- Unconscious fantasy is proposed to overlap significantly with emotion schema.
Conclusions:
- Unconscious fantasy can function as a prime for therapeutic partners.
- Understanding emotion schemas and unconscious fantasy enhances therapeutic insight.
- Priming phenomena underscore the interconnectedness within the therapeutic dyad.
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