A Phenomenological Investigation into the Spontaneous Occurrence of Imagery on the Part of the Therapist during a Therapy Session

Abstract

The study under discussion was a phenomenological examination of a particular type of communication in a therapy session from the perspective of the therapist. It was an attempt at understanding how one individual, in the presence of another, became aware of his/ her own thoughts, and, in some way, communicated the meaning of these thoughts to another. The context of this communication was a relationship in which feelings were one of the underlying themes to the relationship itself--although perhaps for different reasons and to different effect for those involved. More specifically, this study was an investigation into what the experience of imagery during a therapy session was like for the therapist. In this study the client was the absent member of the relationship under examination--his experience was not included.