“To enter one's skin”: The concrete and symbolic functions of the skin in the social unconscious, as expressed in fairy tales and group therapy

Ravit Raufman, Haim Weinberg

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Abstract

This article deals with different modes of skin-related experiences in the social unconscious as expressed in two social products: fairy tales and group therapy processes. The phenomenon of the realization of a skin-related idiomatic expression that appears in fairy tales will be analyzed in order to touch upon the relations between concrete and symbolic modes of expressions in the social unconscious. This is based on previous works, showing that fairy tales reside along the seam line between thinking in words and thinking in images. A vignette from a therapy group shows its relevance to group psychotherapy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-224
Number of pages20
JournalInternational Journal of Group Psychotherapy
Volume66
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Psychology

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