No Story, No Analysis
The role of narrative in interpretation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8984644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Coline Covington (Transnational Press London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 405-417 |
| Publication date | 1995-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1465-5922.1995.00405.x |
| OpenAlex | W1543024803 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 1 |
The construction of narrative is closely linked to identity formation, or the establishment of a sense of self, with its attendant notions of history and continuity and lineal development. Story‐making within analysis is seen as being at the heart of symbolic process and of psychic change. The story serves as a form of transitional object combining factual with imaginal, internal and external realities, and reflects our desire to internalize one another. With regard to clinical work, this paper explores the following ideas specifically: the apparent absence of narrative in the analysis of some patients; the use of story as a defence in the service of a false self; how we differentiate ‘true’ and ‘false’ stories; and, lastly, the therapeutic value of reconstruction as a form of story making
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Identity (music · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Object (grammar · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |