The multiple level of interaction within the therapeutic communication: clinical applications of the theory

Through the discussion of the turning points od four clinical cases, the Author gives an iconic and microanalitic description of the three phases of the referential process - activation, symbolisation, reflection - during the analytical session. In the final phase of Katy"s analysis, as descripted by Bromberg, exemplifies the emotional nature of the creation process of new meaning that happens in the three phases; the two sensory motor psychotherapies, described by Ogden, highlights the eminently bodily, sensory and motor nature of the dissociated emotion patterns that is necessary and useful to activate during therapy; lastly, Ann"s case, described by Cornell, offers an examples of the extreme importance of the activation of the analytical relation of the bodily, sensory and motor experiences that create suffering in the patient, so to bring them to the symbolic level and favour a real changing. The conclusion highlights the multiple roles taken by language during each step of the referential process.