This is beautiful. “Different types of silence.”

Alexsander, You mentioned in another video that Reich's 1933 "Character Analysis" was good. So, I read it. In the 4th chapter on Technique he addresses the question of silence and admonishes his colleague for not describing it as resistance and for not interpreting the behavior of the client. It was around p77-80.

Great stuff even better Jumper Alek thanks very much

Psychoanalysis is not well known in the lay US population, but considering that I know not one person with any self-reflective curiosity, the lack of popular may not be the fault of psychoanalysis.

I watched a few of your videos. But based on my own experience and a lot of research I’m still confused why analysts wouldn’t interpret resistance as - there is no consent and their is no alliance? The therapist is modelling withholding and evasion. The preparation might have been very poor and have sown a deep divergence of understanding. So it’s can become pseudo resistance because the client just doesn’t understand. I’d say a pseudo therapy can unfold. Probably frustrating to the rigid therapist and damaging to the client. Attempts to interpret this as transference or resistance reflect more on dogmatic therapist thinking than reality. I found my own ways to learn about the human experience and a mute therapist only made me doubt my own inner world.

I have a question. Do you have resistances?

Winnicott gives a remarkable report of a patient who was silent, if I remember correctly, for 6 sessions Winnicott remained intensly present and attentive to what was happrning