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Body Language in Relational Family Therapy

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The mechanism of projective and introjective identification has been re-evaluated in modern analysis. It is no longer just about the transference of mental content to an other, rather it addresses also the deepest psycho-organic sensations and vibrations, which in turn become the basis for interpersonal and family dialogues. The goal of this article is also to lay out the fundamental dynamics of body language as understood by the relational family paradigm. It is a novel analytical perspective on the individual, who is always part of any relational family configuration.

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This study was funded by Slovenian Research Agency (Project No. J5-6825).

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  1. Department for Marital and Family Therapy, Psychology and Sociology of Religion, Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana, Presernov trg 4, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Christian Gostečnik, Tanja Repič Slavič, Tanja Pate & Robert Cvetek

  2. Franciscan Family Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Christian Gostečnik, Tanja Repič Slavič, Tanja Pate & Robert Cvetek

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Gostečnik, C., Slavič, T.R., Pate, T. et al. Body Language in Relational Family Therapy. J Relig Health 57, 1538–1553 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0589-z

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