'SOUND'AND THE 'SENSE'OF SOUND IN THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP: A FACTOR IN THE MECHANISM OF PROJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION |
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| Authors: | Sheila Norton |
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| Affiliation: | SHEILA NORTON was awarded the Prize in the 1996 BJP Student Essay Competition. At the time of writing this paper she was in her final year of training with the South Trent Training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. She is now a registered psychotherapist (UKCP) employed as a Principal Adult Psychotherapist in a Specialist Department with the Lincoln District Healthcare NHS Trust. |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT This paper will discuss the dual nature of sound and explore its effects in the therapeutic relationship. I will begin by looking at the auditory sensory perception of sound and its role in the development of the infant, our perception of the world, the self and others. I will then focus on the objective, physiological nature of sound in an attempt to answer some of the questions raised in my own mind about the possibility of this playing a vital role in our subjective experience of being with patients, with particular reference to the phenomenon of projective identification. |
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