A Reflective Discussion and Presentation
Understanding how the human mental capacity develops is an important aspect of identifying the real value of psychoanalysis as it allows a better chance for therapists to relate well towards the people that they are aiming to understand and assist with their personal and behavioral issues. Through time, it has been realized that there is one element that psychoanalysts and therapists should use effectively and that is language. In relation to this matter, language and its makeup imposes more than just what is being said by an individual. Measuring both the spoken and the non-verbal language that a person presents in his conversations, it is evidently important to take note of the fact that there is a valuable worth when it comes to determining the meaning of the unspoken words and how they determined the deeper realities about a particular individual.
Sigmund Freud specifically points out that irrational reactions are often noted to be relatively connected to the unconscious being of an individual; this means that spoken language cannot function accordingly if its value would only be carried on to what is being said. This is where the option of reading between the lines comes into good use. It is essential for therapists to listen closely to what is being said by their clients and what is being presented through their actions and actuation while they speak. Often, people, even when they are sharing conversations with their confidants, there are simply some information they are not willing to share to others, or at least not directly through spoken words. Because of this fact about human nature, therapists need to know more than what the spoken words mean. Unspoken language then receives a higher consideration, a distinct higher value that deserves to be given attention to.
This is how good conversation could be established; an important element that makes psychoanalysis more effective and accurate in nature. Utilizing imaginary language is an important aspect of psychoanalysis that needs to be given attention to by every therapist. Practically, imagery allows a person to see the meaning of what is not being said. Seeing the facts through the situations being related by the client, a therapist would be able to know more than what is being presented in conversation by a person needing assistance. Once particular adjustments in the situations are noticed, the consideration over libidinal object relations could be given consideration. This approach allows the therapist to slowly and gradually change the approach of therapy that would give particular response to the real problems that the clients are in need of. These changes may not be that easy to accept for the people being treated, hence, the adjustments are handled in a silent course of transformation.
Countertransference is another aspect of developmental psychoanalytic language that needs to be explored accordingly. It is through this analysis of the spoken language that exploring the unconscious being of a person becomes possible. With the application of this operation, a therapist becomes more effective in determining the proper therapy that a person needs depending on how he presents his case and what the facts of his case is all about. With the exploration of these elements, a therapist becomes more effective in applying his capacities in the aim of helping out the individuals needing his attention and his assistance. This way, language, and all its forms are considered effectively as it contributes to the effectiveness of a particular psychoanalytic procedure being completed.
References:
Robinson, Paul (1993). Freud and his Critics. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press.
The Function and Field Language of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis. http://www.rlwclarke.net/Theory/SourcesPrimary/LacanFunctionandFieldofSpeechandLanguageinPsychoanalysis(Trans.Fink).pdf. (Retrieved on June 17, 2014).
