Dyadically expanded states of consciousness and the process of therapeutic change
Infant Mental Health Journal January 1, 1998 Edward Z. Tronick, Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, Alexandra M. Harrison et al. 396 citations
This paper addresses an intersubjective issue that arises out of our model of therapeutic change: Why do humans so strongly seek states of emotional connectedness and intersubjectivity and why does the failure to achieve connectedness have such a damaging effect on the mental health of the infant? A hypothesis is offered—the Dyadic Expansion of Consciousness Hypothesis—as an attempt to explain...