RESISTANCE AND MODES OF COMMUNICATION

The recognition that there are three modes of thinking and communicati ng-iconic, enactive, and symbolic-clarifies and simplifies many issues in psychoanalytic theory and technique. Although this concept is appl icable to all communication, it is particularly important in understan ding and interpreting various types of resistance. The author uses a n umber of vignettes to illustrate the forms and functions of various ty pes of nonverbal communication within the psychoanalytic process.