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- Title
Structural Aspects of Synchronistic Moments in Psychotherapy—Findings of an Empirical Study of Synchronicities in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis<sup>1</sup>.
- Authors
Reefschläger, Gunnar Immo
- Abstract
Synchronicity describes a meaningful coincidence of events, which is familiar to us from treatments of our patients, but unfortunately has not yet been empirically substantiated. Adding to previous findings that point out beneficial aspects of synchronicity (Marlo, 2022; Lagutina, 2021; Connolly, 2015), in this paper I will show through a series of five synchronistic moments which happened in the context of therapy and analysis and which have been documented empirically, how synchronicities occur and can be used therapeutically. In my research I found several situational factors that can be considered structural aspects of synchronistic moments. Furthermore, I will show that synchronistic phenomena can have a positive influence if certain relational and transference‐countertransference referential aspects are considered by the therapist and analyst. The concept of synchronicity brings the possibility of a further therapeutical instrument for the patient‐analyst‐dyad.
- Subjects
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (Psychology); PSYCHOTHERAPY; EMPIRICAL research; COINCIDENCE; JUNGIAN psychology
- Publication
Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2024, Vol 69, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
0021-8774
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-5922.12975