Pleasure in the Transitional Space: Intersubjectivity and Transformation

Newirth, Joseph

doi:10.1080/00107530.2016.1169390

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“…While not structured as an interpretation in the traditional sense, these interventions conveyed interpretative content that I believe had an impact on a procedural level. This is in keeping with Newirth’s (2016) assertion of the transformative power of embedding interpretive content within improvisational play. State-sharing with humor adds a modulating touch to negative affect that supports the mutualizing and mentalizing effects of the interpretation.…”

Section: Roy and Annettesupporting

confidence: 81%

“…More than a leveling effect, my response functioned as a mentalizing intervention (Allen, Fonagy, & Bateman, 2008) that had a mutualizing effect (Newirth, 2016; Ringstrom, 2007). At its center was a challenging invitation for Henry to reflect on my mind experiencing the impact of his mind experiencing me.…”

Section: Henrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These intensely pleasurable, vitality affects arise out of a complex interactive experience that is at the same time intensely exciting and energizing, as well as joyful and deeply satisfying. Interestingly, Newirth (2016) notes that shared moments of meeting which are marked by a similar mix of pleasurable edginess, excitement, exhilaration, and even joy play an important role in therapeutic action. He asserts that these enjoyable and vitalizing affective experiences support the reclamation of previously disowned parts of the self.…”

Section: Roy and Annettementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is our recognition of the transition, from within our mutualized attachment, that bridges self-states, along with their associated affects, thoughts, mental images, and bodily experiences. As with Roy's hearty laugh, Henry's slight smile, and my feelings of excitement and exhilaration, Kari's enlivened laugh and burst of energy can be understood in terms of Stern's (1985) and Newirth's (2016) descriptions of pleasurable, vitalizing affects. Within that surprisingly invigorating and pleasurably shared moment, Kari's hatred and helpless collapse into lifelessness were both altered.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The role of humor in priming intersubjectivity.

Irving

2019

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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Building on recent explorations of humor and improvisational play, this article delves into the therapist’s use of state-sharing that is leavened with humor within now moments as defined by the Boston Change Process Study Group. It explores the role of state-sharing humor in containing, organizing, and interpreting bad object relational experiences and their associated affects within the clinical opportunities that exist in moments of heightened affectivity. The therapeutic elements of state-sharing humor are described, along with affective and relational agility, which are discussed as essential clinical skills in a relational reconceptualization of evenly hovering attention. I link these forms of agility with implicit relational knowing and discuss them as central to the therapist’s capacity to apprehend fragmented and unformed parts of the patient’s self. Clinical vignettes illustrate the therapist’s use of state-sharing humor within improvisational play. These vignettes are interwoven with theory that draws from psychoanalytic relational theory, developmental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. They demonstrate how state-sharing with humor can generate mutualizing moments of meeting that promote mentalization and launch interactive forms of affect regulation. I suggest that these processes can enable functioning on a subjective level and open up new and enlivening relational experience.

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Irving

2019

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“…Were these mere fantasies? Erotic transference-countertransference is a recurring theme in studies of relationships between patients and therapists (Newirth, 2016). Could it be that G only developed intense transference-like reactions, which she later mistook for "real" experiences?…”

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Fatal attraction: A narrative of early opioid addiction

Pedersen

2019

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Norway’s first clinic to treat drug abuse was established in 1961. Most patients had been initiated into drug use through the healthcare system, i.e., in an iatrogenic manner. However, we know little about the drug users from this period. Here, we present an in-depth interview with a woman born into a wealthy family in the early 1920s who developed a heavy morphine addiction. In the course of the interview, she gradually reveals how her husband, who was a physician, as well as two other physicians, who were also erotically attracted to her, had key roles in this development. The narrative illustrates and elaborates how females from the upper strata of society with close links to male physicians may have been at particular risk of opioid misuse in the period before 1960. We now witness a new wave of iatrogenic drug abuse, particularly in the USA. We suggest that experiences from this period may again be relevant.

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Forging Components Anew, Modes of Therapeutic Action: Reply to Discussions by Drs. Hirsch and Newirth

Lisá

2016

Psychoanalytic Dialogues

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Pleasure in the Transitional Space: Intersubjectivity and Transformation

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

The role of humor in priming intersubjectivity.

The role of humor in priming intersubjectivity.

Fatal attraction: A narrative of early opioid addiction

Forging Components Anew, Modes of Therapeutic Action: Reply to Discussions by Drs. Hirsch and Newirth

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