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Implicit relational knowing: Its role in development and psychoanalytic treatment

1998; Wiley; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/(sici)1097-0355(199823)19

1097-0355

Karlen Lyons‐Ruth, Nadia Bruschweiler‐Stern, Alexandra Harrison, Alexander C. Morgan, Jeremy P. Nahum, Louis W. Sander, Daniel N. Stern, Edward Z. Tronick,

Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy

Infant Mental Health JournalVolume 19, Issue 3 p. 282-289 Article Implicit relational knowing: Its role in development and psychoanalytic treatment Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Corresponding Author Karlen Lyons-Ruth Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsDepartment of Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139Search for more papers by this authorNadia Bruschweiler-Stern, Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorAlexandra M. Harrison, Alexandra M. Harrison Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorAlexander C. Morgan, Alexander C. Morgan Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorJeremy P. Nahum, Jeremy P. Nahum Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorLouis Sander, Louis Sander Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorDaniel N. Stern, Daniel N. Stern Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorEdward Z. Tronick, Edward Z. Tronick Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this author Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Corresponding Author Karlen Lyons-Ruth Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsDepartment of Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139Search for more papers by this authorNadia Bruschweiler-Stern, Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorAlexandra M. Harrison, Alexandra M. Harrison Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorAlexander C. Morgan, Alexander C. Morgan Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorJeremy P. Nahum, Jeremy P. Nahum Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorLouis Sander, Louis Sander Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorDaniel N. Stern, Daniel N. Stern Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this authorEdward Z. Tronick, Edward Z. Tronick Process of Change Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this author First published: 06 January 1999 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0355(199823)19:3 3.0.CO;2-OCitations: 270AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract It is increasingly apparent that "something more" than interpretation is needed to bring about change in psychoanalytic treatment. Drawing on clinical and developmental observations, we propose that interactional processes from birth onward give rise to a form of procedural knowledge regarding how to do things with intimate others, knowledge we call implicit relational knowing. This knowing is distinct from conscious verbalizable knowledge and from the dynamic unconscious. The implicit relational knowing of patient and therapist intersect to create an intersubjective field that includes reasonably accurate sensings of each person's ways of being with others, sensings we call the "real relationship." This intersubjective field becomes more complex and articulated with repeated patient–therapist encounters, giving rise to emergent new possibilities for more coherent and adaptive forms of interaction. 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