Moments of Movement: Carrying Forward Structure-Bound Processes in Work with Clients Suffering from Chronic Pain / Momente der Bewegung: Vorantragen strukturgebundener Prozesse in der Arbeit mit chronisch schmerzkranken Menschen / Momentos de movimiento: Llevar adelante procesos ligados a la estructura en el trabajo con clientes que sufren dolor crónico / Facilitation du processus de déroulement implicite figé dans le travail

Abstract

When working with clients whose inner experiencing process seems to go round in never-ending circles or is blocked, the inner resonance of the therapist is at risk of doing the same. As their experiential responses stagnate or become stereotyped too, the intersubjective field, to which both contribute, is no longer an environment which carries the client's process forward. This article offers some ideas about a relational understanding of process-blocking patterns and their possible dissolving using examples from clinical work with clients suffering from chronic pain. These clients, normally labeled as “difficult,” benefit not only from careful verbal work at the edge of understanding, but particularly from including the bodily presence of both therapist and client.