Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2006):

Synchronicity and the capacity to think: a clinical exploration.

Full Abstract

Synchronicity blurs the boundaries of psyche and physis. This invisible dance of mind and matter suggested to Jung an interconnection between physical and mental events reflecting a unified 'psychophysical space-time continuum'. His idea of exteriorization put forth the notion that unconscious thoughts can manifest themselves in the external world. I have related this to Bion's theory of thinking, where thoughts, which should be a prelude to action, become actions in themselves, projections of unthought thoughts. Through detailed clinical work with dreams I will explore the effects of early trauma on the development of the capacity to think, and the way in which synchronistic events relate to projections of early traumatic experiences which have not been 'mentalized'.

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Author information

Author/s: Reiner, Annie (A);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of analytical psychology (J Anal Psychol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Sep; vol 51 (issue 4) : pp 553-73

Dates: Created 2006/08/21; Completed 2006/10/04;

PMID: 16918799, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Dreams Emotions - physiology Female Humans Mental Disorders - therapy Middle Aged

Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics) - physiology Object Attachment Projection Psychoanalytic Theory Thinking - physiology Unconscious (Psychology)

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