ACTING-OUT, INTERPRETATION AND UNCONSCIOU S COMMUNICATION

Acting within the context of the therapeutic process is often equated with acting-out. Subtile behaviour, too, as a part of the ''complex sy stem of sending and receiving unconscious signals'' (Sandler) which se rve for the patient to induce behavior of the transference object in t he analyst or fulfilling his unconscious wishes is seen as acting-out or microacting-out (Treuniet). However, this delicate acting has no me aning, it is not symbolic or communicative action. It is aimed at indu cing effects and interactions. It appears both on the side of the anal yst and of the patient and is part of the unconscious communication in the therapeutic process. Diverse interactive means and ways will be d emonstrated, how the analyst is moved to unnoticed acting and to handl ing the patient in an unnoticed manner in a certain way. The acting-re actions of the analyst may have the character of interpretations, by w hich he unintentionally demonstrates, in what a way he understands the patient.