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Article

Giving Voice to Unconscious Memories

Pages 70-75
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The aim of this article is to consider how to gain access and give voice to the implicit memories of patients so that they can integrate aspects of themselves they are not aware of into their network of explicit memories. After presenting some relevant theoretical concepts, the authors draw attention to some clinical implications. Three therapeutic phases are described to highlight how therapists facilitate the emergence of implicit memories in their relationships with patients. A case study is used to illustrate how, through the experience of emotional sharing with the therapist, a patient managed to bring back and express memories connected with patterns she was not aware of and then to include those patterns in her narrative processes.

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Annacarla Senesi

Milena Rosso is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy) and psychotherapist in Rome. She can be reached at .
Annacarla Senesi is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy) and psychotherapist in Rome. She can be reached at .