The "squiggle game" is, above all, a method for relating and encouraging mutual exchange between the analyst and the patient (no matter if child, adolescent, or adult), enabling him to experience holding and freely explore different communication possibilities. After having explored the "technique" as it has been developed by Winnicott, this study also exposes some theoretical considerations, and some variations in the basic technique, brought together by the crucial role played by reciprocity: "Me a little and you a little." The paper is a clinical case with a Chinese adolescent.
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The "squiggle game" is, above all, a method for relating and encouraging mutual exchange between the analyst and the patient (no matter if child, adolescent, or adult), enabling him to experience holding and freely explore different communication possibilities. After having explored the "technique" as it has been developed by Winnicott, this study also exposes some theoretical considerations, and some variations in the basic technique, brought together by the crucial role played by reciprocity: "Me a little and you a little." The paper is a clinical case with a Chinese adolescent.
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, 25122, Brescia, Italy.
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In this Commentary I will first of all summarise my understanding of the proposal set out by Béatrice Ithier concerning her concept of the 'chimera'. The main part of my essay will focus on Ithier's claim that her concept of the chimera could be described as a 'mental squiggle' because it corresponds to Winnicott's work illustrated in his book 'Therapeutic Consultations' (1971). At the core of Ithier's chimera is the notion of a traumatic link between analyst and patient, which is the reason she enlists the work of Winnicott.
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