Gazing into Existence
A Discussion of “A Patient Who Does Not Look: A Collaborative Treatment with Video Feedback”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21630565 |
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| Authors | Linda Jacobs (Long Island University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 506-511 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychoanalytic Dialogues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1048-1885 • E-ISSN: 1940-9222 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10481885.2020.1774338 |
| OpenAlex | W3085196143 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
In this innovative and collaborative paper (Sandberg & Beebe, this issue) self and interactive regulation and the role of gaze are astutely demonstrated. The clinical material focuses on a patient who is unable to make eye contact due to early attachment trauma. This patient’s perceptual world, identified with maternal hatred, is disturbed by a delusional self-loathing. Initial analytic work, which provided an insightful and benign presence, was enhanced by video viewing of the second analyst’s facial reactions. The video introduced, on the non-verbal, implicit level, a process of moment-to-moment contingent matching and being matched. This visually experienced affective resonance proved to be transformative for the patient
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Eye contact · Gaze · Hatred · Perception · Psychoanalysis · Transformative learning · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Communication · Neuroscience · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Representations and Identity
| Highly cited | No |
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