NONVERBAL-COMMUNICATION IN THERAPEUTIC DI ALOGUE

Action and co-action in therapy are seen as dialogue following Kluwer' s concept of ''action-dialogue'', Moreover dialogue is understood as r ecognizing elements of oneself in someone else. On the basis of some e xamples the article demonstrates that nonverbal interactions can be de scribed as integral parts of such a dialogue directed towards recognic ing elements of oneself in someone else: If is with this conceptualisa tion that the creative effects such nonverbal actions can have become intelligible and explicable; Seen against this background acting does not only appear as resistance against remembering but as moving toward s insight-oriented understanding.