Johannes, Beautiful depiction that resonates cultivating safe space.
Thanks, Scott On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Skye Hirst <sk...@autognomics.org> wrote: > Yes, indeed. THanks for this. > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Johannes Terwitte <jokerwi...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I have long wondered about the metaphor of "holding space", which I hear >> being used pretty frequently in our circles. Then today I stumbled upon the >> Wikipidia page on the psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott and found the >> following, which I simply wanted to share with you all: >> >> Part of [the mother's] loving care was [her] attentive holding of her >>> child; and as Winnicott (1965) suggested, the therapist recreates a >>> 'holding environment', that resembles that of the mother and infant. >>> Winnicott described minutely 'the business of picking a baby up...gathering >>> her together', and the way that the "mother's technique of holding, of >>> bathing, of feeding, everything she did for the baby, added up to the >>> child's first idea of the mother'". Winnicott considered that the "child's >>> ability to feel the body as the place where the psyche lives could not have >>> been developed without a consistent technique of handling", and he >>> extrapolated 'the idea of "holding" and of meeting dependence' from the >>> mother to the family as a whole, and to the wider world surrounding it. He >>> saw as a prerequisite for healthy development "the continuation of reliable >>> holding in terms of the ever-widening circle of family and school and >>> social life". >> >> >>> >> Out of his work developed the subsequent belief that "one of the most >>> deeply therapeutic factors in an analysis is the extent to which a >>> sensitive analyst parallels...the earliest relationship between a >>> responsive mother and her infant", a symbolic parallel. Winnicott wrote: "A >>> correct and well-timed interpretation in an analytic treatment gives a >>> sense of being held physically that is more real...than if a real holding >>> or nursing had taken place. Understanding goes deeper". >>> >> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Winnicott#Concept_of_holding) >>> >> >> Don't we sometimes speak of an Open Space as a nurturing environment? >> Don't participants often remark how free and peaceful they felt during the >> OS event? I see some parallels here, and I quite like them. >> >> Speaking as a young father, I see a direct connection between me holding >> and carrying my daughters or tidying up after them - and my picking up >> coffee cups during an OS. In all cases I am (or try to be) attentive and >> attuned. >> >> I'd be interested to hear if Winnicot's description resonates with anyone >> else - or else how you relate to the phrase of "holding space". >> >> Johannes >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> > > > -- > *Skye Hirst, PhD* > President - The Autognomics Institute > *Conversations in the Ways of Life-itself* > www.autognomics.org > @autognomics > > New Phone Number: > 207-593-8074 > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -- Scott Gassman IdeaJuice (917) 951 - 0258 scott.gass...@gmail.com www.ideajuices.com America Speaks on Scott: http://americaspeaks.org/facilitator-spotlight/spotlight-on-scott-gassman/
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