The Visible and the Invisible: Reflections on Secrecy, Dehiscence and the Gaze of the Other in the Therapeutic Encounter

IF 0.5 Q4 PSYCHIATRY

British Journal of Psychotherapy Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1111/bjp.12918

Scarlett de Courcier

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Abstract

Psychotherapy is broadly concerned with secrets. Often our clients bring us things which they have never told anyone, subjects they have felt unable to broach. What happens in the relationship when a secret is uncovered? In this article, I discuss how one's secrets finally being uncovered can invoke shame. However, the shame of being seen in a new way can also create an opening that allows for a deeper intersubjective experience to unfold. Using Sartre's concept of the gaze of the other alongside Merleau-Ponty's ideas of dehiscence, visibility/invisibility and intertwining, I explore the meaning of secrecy, guilt and shame for both therapist and client within the therapeutic relationship.

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可见与不可见：对治疗过程中的保密性、非iscence 和他者凝视的思考

心理治疗广泛涉及秘密。我们的客户经常会把一些他们从未告诉过任何人的事情带给我们，这些事情是他们一直觉得无法启齿的话题。当秘密被揭开时，人际关系中会发生什么？在这篇文章中，我将讨论一个人的秘密最终被揭开是如何引起羞耻感的。然而，被人以新的方式看待的羞耻感也可以创造出一个缺口，让更深层次的主体间体验得以展开。利用萨特的 "他者凝视 "概念以及梅洛-庞蒂（Merleau-Ponty）的 "分离"（dehiscence）、"可见性/不可见性"（visibility/invisibility）和 "交织"（intertwining）思想，我探讨了治疗关系中的秘密、内疚和羞耻对治疗师和客户的意义。

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British Journal of Psychotherapy PSYCHIATRY-

CiteScore

0.90

自引率

50.00%

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期刊介绍： The British Journal of Psychotherapy is a journal for psychoanalytic and Jungian-analytic thinkers, with a focus on both innovatory and everyday work on the unconscious in individual, group and institutional practice. As an analytic journal, it has long occupied a unique place in the field of psychotherapy journals with an Editorial Board drawn from a wide range of psychoanalytic, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, psychodynamic, and analytical psychology training organizations. As such, its psychoanalytic frame of reference is wide-ranging and includes all schools of analytic practice. Conscious that many clinicians do not work only in the consulting room, the Journal encourages dialogue between private practice and institutionally based practice. Recognizing that structures and dynamics in each environment differ, the Journal provides a forum for an exploration of their differing potentials and constraints. Mindful of significant change in the wider contemporary context for psychotherapy, and within a changing regulatory framework, the Journal seeks to represent current debate about this context.