𝘾𝙄𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉: Spotnitz, H. (1966). The maturational interpretation. 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 53C: 166-169.

𝘼𝘽𝙎𝙏𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙏: 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙩𝙞𝙘 #𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺, 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. Dr. Hyman Spotnitz critiques traditional “veil-lifting” interpretations that aim to provoke insight through confrontation & explanation. 𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖 #𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 #𝘦𝘨𝘰’𝘴 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 & 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙫𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙘 #𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. The maturational interpretation fosters ego integration not by unveiling repressed memories but by responding empathically to unconscious communication, thereby facilitating psychological #growth & strengthening the patient’s capacity for relatedness. 🤔

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