What develops in adulthood? More specifically, what develops in adult analysis, not just in terms of thwarted childhood capacities, not just through accrued experience, but even more fundamentally in terms of abilities or structures not possible until the present moment? In this paper, I posit narrative capacity—the capacity to organize conflictual aspects of self and other in a temporary causal-motivational sequence—as a core feature of what develops in the clinical encounter between the analyst and adult patient. It develops, as I demonstrate, through play with narrative fragments, contrasts, and integrations in the analytic field. I present a clinical process note to show how these elements texture and problematize one another. A successful analysis leads not to any one life story but to the more basic ability to weave and unweave our stories.

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 叙事能力


成年后会发生什么？更具体地说，在成人分析中，不仅在受挫的童年能力方面，不仅仅是通过积累的经验，而且更根本的是，在直到现在才可能的能力或结构方面，发生了什么？在本文中，我假设叙事能力——以临时的因果动机序列组织自我和他人冲突方面的能力——作为分析师和成年患者之间临床接触发展的核心特征。正如我所展示的，它是通过对分析领域的叙事片段、对比和整合的游戏而发展的。我提供了一个临床过程说明，以展示这些元素如何相互构成和问题化。成功的分析不会引出任何一个人生故事，而是引出编织和解开我们故事的更基本能力。