Cure as co-construction – mutual regulation in the psychotherapeutic process

Authors

  • Chris Jaenicke

Abstract

The main thesis of this paper is that the therapeutic process involves change in both participants. In part this is due to the inevitable mutual regulation and does not demand unusual therapeutic skills. Deep therapeutic processes can, however, lead to a degree ofinvolvement in which the basic organizing principles governing therapists' view of themselves, others and the world may be profoundly questioned. As a result, a partial reorganization of the therapist's organizing principles may be necessary. It is my contention, that therapy will not have a lasting effect unless we understand the inevitability and depth of our involvement in the intersubjective field. In order to facilitate change in our patients, we have to allow ourselves to be changed. In this sense not only the therapy, but also the cure is a co-construction, or co-creation.

Keywords
Subjectivity, mutual regulation, intersubjectivity, cure as co-creation.

Author Biography

Chris Jaenicke

Chris Jaenicke, Dipl.-Psych. (DPG) hat Psychologie in Heidelberg studiert und seine psychoanalytische Ausbildung in New York (N.P.A.P.) gemacht. Er ist Lehranalytiker, Supervisor, Dozent bei der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Psychoanalyse und Psychotherapie e.V. (A.P.B.) in Berlin. Lehranalytiker und Supervisor D.G.P.T. Er ist Mitglied am Institut für Psychotherapie e.V. Berlin (PaIP) und in eigener Praxis in Berlin tätig. Forschungsschwerpunkte und Publikationen zur Intersubjektivitätstheorie und Selbstpsychologie. Sein Buch Das Risiko der Verbundenheit - Intersubjektivitätstheorie in der Praxis erschien bei Klett-Cotta/Leben Lernen, Stuttgart, 2006.Sein nächstes Buch mit dem Titel Fortschritt und Versagen in der Psychoanalyse. Die wechselseitige Regulierung in dem therapeutischen Prozess, wird im Verlag Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, 2010 erscheinen.Er ist Mitherausgeber von Selbstpsychologie. Europäische Zeitschrift für Psychoanalytische Therapie und Forschung, Brandes und Apsel.

Korrespondenz: Chris Jaenicke, Knobelsdorffstraße 45, 14059 Berlin, Deutschland

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Published

2009-01-01

How to Cite

Jaenicke, C. (2009). Cure as co-construction – mutual regulation in the psychotherapeutic process. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (1), 9–14. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/60

Issue

No. 1 (2009): Psychotherapie Forum 17/1 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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Special Issue

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