ABSTRACT
Session 257 represents a stellar moment in this specimen of working through. It is an unambiguous symbolizing hour, marking a return to symbolization and the completion of the transformation cycle. Furthermore, this session contains within its structure all the phases of this transformation cycle, that is, a phase of symbolization, desymbolization, and re-symbolization. The symbolizing phase of this session reveals paradoxically a downward slope and with it the induction of regression reverberating in the transference. During the initial symbolizing phase, the patient tells of vivid experiences in imaginary form while also employing increased somato-sensory speech, paradoxically moving towards regressive desires. The explicit erotic transference was stated with passion and guilt, and what began as an imagistic, evocative, symbolized hour, now turned towards transference regression. Through the mobilization of latent synthetic resources, symbolizing can be activated and a spiralling process perhaps initiated.
