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THE EVOCATIVE POWER OF ENACTMENTS
by: Judith Fingert Chused, M.D.
1805 Randolph St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20011
202-726-9273
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1 Enactments have been used in support of various clinical
theories. For example, Alexander (1950) presented a clinical
vignette containing an enactment to support the therapeutic value
of the "Corrective Emotional Experience." He described a patient
who unconsciously provoked his analyst into disliking him in
order to reinforce a defensively distorted memory of his
relationship with his father. In the discussion, Alexander
noted, "The analyst's reaction was not calculated to be different
from that of the patient's father. He simply lost, for a moment,
the type of control which we consider so important in
psychoanalytic therapy"
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(p.491). In essence, Alexander unconsciously participated in an
enactment of a defensively distorted object relationship. He
makes clear that it was his subsequent awareness and articulation
of this which enabled the patient to gain from the experience.
Nonetheless, based on observation, Alexander made a
recommendation for a consciously manipulated experience for his
patients.
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