title: [Therapeutic management of habitual body language].
abstract: Habitual nonverbal behavior introduces the therapist to at times intense counter-transference reactions. The therapist becomes a participant to early object relations. If you succeed in concentrating the attention onto the interactional process you will observe, which signal system triggers the counter-transference reactions. If this system of signals is expressed by the patient in response to a situation or verbalized, the therapist can respond to the concurrent behavior. Counter-transference relations become clear and early (often preverbal) object-relations can be reconstructed. Habitual nonverbal behavior occurs when object-relations are either lacking ore obstrusive.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003379:Countertransference; D006801:Humans; D007697:Kinesics; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009769:Object Attachment; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Therapeutischer Umgang mit habitueller Körpersprache.