Metaforer i psykoterapi
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v12i1.134608Abstract
This article describes to types of language, that is 1) An unambiguous, literally mode of expression, which is primarily associated with the secondary processes, and 2) the »other language« - a language of imagery and metaphors, which is related to primary
process activity. It is pointed out that these to types of languages are extremes in a continuum. This article concentrates on the »other language«. Different conceptions of metaphors and symbols are developed, concluding that the metaphor has a special
place in psychotherapy, because it build a bridge over concrete and abstract, conscious and unconscious, cognitive and emotional, and primary- and secondary processes. This article advocates for a »symbolic attitude« in psychotherapy, which in its proper meaning is a hermeneutic attitude to the patient's story and way of telling it.
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