Understanding the Embodiment of Narrative in the Therapeutic Exchange

Jack Foehl, PhD, Mark Freeman, PhD, Daniel Goldin, MFT, PsyD and Lynn Preston, MA, MS, LP

• Location: Virtual

• Source/ Event Link: William Alanson White Institute

“Can the narratives that organize psychoanalytic exchanges be conducted without words? The answer according to the presenters in this conversation is a resounding “yes!” They offer different perspectives on how both verbal and nonverbal communication in psychoanalysis takes narrative form.

Together they demonstrate the crucial importance of understanding the embodiment of narratives in therapeutic relationships.”