Somatic Narration, Psychosis, and Gaze Aversion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9230993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larry S Sandberg (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 617-638 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00332828.2025.2571168 |
| PMID | 41191735 |
| OpenAlex | W4415935679 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
The utility of Sebastian Leikert’s technical approach of somatic narration is illustrated in a detailed clinical presentation working with a psychotic patient with gaze aversion. In conjunction with Riccardo Lombardi’s emphasis on focusing on the patient’s transference to her own body rather than the conventional transference to the analyst, the author shows the value of moving away from gaze aversion and focusing, instead, on the patient’s experience of her neck as an encapsulated body engram. The role of bodily movement in the consulting room as a critical ingredient in supporting the narrative process will be illustrated
Eye movement · Gaze · Narrative · Presentation (obstetrics) · Process (computing) · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
A Patient Who Does Not Look
Thinking (And Moving) Outside the Box
Unrepresented States and the Bodily Encoded Unconscious
Petrification and Revitalization
Falling, primitive separation and encapsulated body engrams – working through a bodily encoded unconscious syndrome
Interpretative enactments and the analytic setting
Gaze avoidance in parent–infant psychotherapy
Blank pain and pathological mourning in the analytic situation
Levels of analytic work and levels of pathology
Reverberation Time’, dreaming and the capacity to dream
Encapsulated body engrams and somatic narration – Integrating body memory into psychoanalytic technique
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |