Introduction: A Systems View |
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| Authors: | Beatrice Beebe PhD Steven Knoblauch PhD Judith Rustin MSW Dorienne Sorter PhD |
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| Institution: | 1. Psychology in Psychiatry;2. NYS Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University;3. Columbia Psychoanalytic Center, the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity;4. NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis;5. Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy , New York University;6. Editorial Board, Progress in Self Psychology;7. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center;8. Coordinating Committee |
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| Abstract: | Our goal in this series of four papers is a further refinement of a theory of interaction for psychoanalysis, with a specific focus on the concept of intersubjectivity. Psychoanalysis has addressed the concept of intersubjectivity primarily in the verbal/explicit mode. In contrast, infant research has addressed the concept of intersubjectivity in the nonverbal/implicit mode of action sequences, or procedural knowledge. We propose that an integration of explicit/linguistic with implicit/nonverbal theories of intersubjectivity is essential to a deeper understanding of therapeutic action in psychoanalysis today. To shed light on an implicit/nonverbal dimension of intersubjectivity in psychoanalysis, we include concepts from adult psychoanalysis, infant research, developmental systems theories, and nonverbal communication, particularly the distinction between implicit processing out of awareness and explicit processing at the declarative/verbal level. We conclude with an adult psychoanalytic case illustrating the integration of implicit/nonverbal forms of intersubjectivity into adult treatment. |
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