ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author examines the several senses of the self and the relational forms attached to them that he wishes to use as a metaphor for being together therapeutically and for dialogues with adolescents. The author discusses for a figurative expression of being-together. According to him, this implies experiences that are more comprehensive than those expressed through the verbal and narrative self. The author describes the experience, a great deal of the therapeutic effect when working with adolescents has to do with establishing the interplay between client and therapist as an evoked companion. Donald Spence gives a description of the basic metaphors in psychoanalysis and argues that it is important not to forget that the forms of understanding suggested by psychoanalysis are actually metaphors. In Norway, Kirkeboen has drawn a parallel in relation to the field of family therapy.
