Metaphor and Psychotherapy

Berlin, Richard M.; Olson, Mary; Cano, Carlos; Engel, Susan

doi:10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.359

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“…Following CMT (Lakoff & Johnson, 1999) and the analysis of Berlin et al (1991), we predicted that metaphoric expressive writing would reduce negative affect over time (Pennebaker & Ferrell, 2013) more than literal writing. Studies 4 and 5, that is, both sought to show that metaphors are useful in thinking about feelings.…”

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The scope and consequences of metaphoric thinking: Using individual differences in metaphor usage to understand how metaphor functions.

Fetterman¹,

Bair²,

Werth³

et al. 2016

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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People often think, feel, and behave metaphorically according to conceptual metaphor theory. There are normative sources of support for this theory, but individual differences have received scant attention. This is surprising because people are likely to differ in the frequency with which they use metaphors and, therefore, the frequency with which they experience the costs and benefits of metaphoric thinking. To investigate these ideas, a 5-study program of research (total N = 532) was conducted. Study 1 developed and validated a Metaphor Usage Measure (MUM), finding that people were fairly consistent in their tendencies toward literal thought and language on the one hand versus metaphoric thought and language on the other. These differences were, in turn, consequential. Although metaphor usage predicted susceptibility to metaphor transfer effects (Studies 2 and 3), it was also linked to higher levels of emotional understanding (Studies 4 and 5). The findings provide support for several key premises of conceptual metaphor theory in the context of a new measure that can be used to track the consequences of metaphoric thinking.

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“…Essentially, we sought to provide experimental support for the idea that thinking metaphorically can promote therapeutically useful forms of emotional understanding (Berlin et al, 1991).…”

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The scope and consequences of metaphoric thinking: Using individual differences in metaphor usage to understand how metaphor functions.

Fetterman¹,

Bair²,

Werth³

et al. 2016

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…Consequently we cannot use the patient's concretistic mode of handling various impulses as a language or metaphorical expression of their emotions or situations (Berlin et al, 1991). Interpreting the symptoms or remodelling the patient's words to metaphors or Eur.…”

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Eating disorders as manifestations of developmental disorders: language and the capacity for abstract thinking in psychotherapy of eating disorders

Buhl¹

2001

Euro Eating Disorders Rev

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The serious eating disorders are manifestations of personality disorders which are characterized by an inadequately developed ability to distinguish and understand emotional states and needs. This paper focus on the development of transitional objects and an inner language as prerequisites for the ability to use words and abstract symbols as soothing and controlling functions. The psychotherapy of patients with eating disorders, and psychosomatic disorders, should be founded on the understanding of their concrete mode of functioning. It is important to avoid misunderstanding and interpreting both the symptoms and the patients' concretistic language as metaphors and symbols of their emotions and needs, before the development of an internal, meaningful language. This is essential for a successful psychotherapeutic result.

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“…Traversing beyond the role of literary devise, metaphor is embedded in the fields of psychology and psychoanalysis (Berlin, Olson, Cano, & Engel, 1991). Pearce (1996) considers the metaphor to be the "means by which variant schools of psychology are provided with common ground, despite their differences in the application of the metaphor or analogy".…”

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Going beyond: Using poetry to introduce metaphor to clinical graduate students

Conlon¹

2014

Journal of Poetry Therapy

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Metaphor and Psychotherapy

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The scope and consequences of metaphoric thinking: Using individual differences in metaphor usage to understand how metaphor functions.

The scope and consequences of metaphoric thinking: Using individual differences in metaphor usage to understand how metaphor functions.

Eating disorders as manifestations of developmental disorders: language and the capacity for abstract thinking in psychotherapy of eating disorders

Going beyond: Using poetry to introduce metaphor to clinical graduate students

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