Narrative Capacity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8334530
AutoresGregory S Rizzolo (0000-0003-2897-3931, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen72
Número5
Páginas755-778
Fecha de publicación2024-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00030651231223968
PMID38738603
OpenAlexW4396870978
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas46

What develops in adulthood? More specifically, what develops in adult analysis, not just in terms of thwarted childhood capacities, not just through accrued experience, but even more fundamentally in terms of abilities or structures not possible until the present moment? In this paper, I posit narrative capacity—the capacity to organize conflictual aspects of self and other in a temporary causal-motivational sequence—as a core feature of what develops in the clinical encounter between the analyst and adult patient. It develops, as I demonstrate, through play with narrative fragments, contrasts, and integrations in the analytic field. I present a clinical process note to show how these elements texture and problematize one another. A successful analysis leads not to any one life story but to the more basic ability to weave and unweave our stories

Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Linguistics · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Process (computing) · Sociology · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology