INTERACTION, SYMBOLISATION AND INTERPRETATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OFTHE TRIADIC STRUCTURE OF PERCEPTION

The triadic structure of perception means that a fact can only be perc eived because it differs from other facts, and that this difference ca n only be perceived with regard to an aspect which is shared by each o f the different facts. The different facts and their common generic as pect form a triadic structure which every process of perception is bas ed on. The following essay tries to explain what this structure means for psychoanalysis, formation of consciousness and self-experience. Sy mbolisation is explained as a form of interactional realisation of thi s structure in analytical dialogue. Here interpretation and interactio n do not conflict or exclude each other - on the contrary they complem ent and drive each other forward as elements of one and the same movem ent which creates consciousness and structure. The form of this moveme nt is defined as interactional integration. As basic relational catego ry interactional integration is no longer a transference - related for m of relationship. Important parts of the concept are exemplified by c ase histories.