ABSTRACT
Stolorow and Atwood (1992) describe three interrelated realms of unconscious mental processes:
(1) the prere¯ective unconscious ± the organizing principles that unconsciously shape and thematize a person's experiences; (2) the dynamic unconscious ± experiences that were denied articulation because they were perceived to threaten needed ties; and (3) the unvalidated unconscious ± experiences that could not be articulated because they never evoked the requisite responsiveness from the surround.
