ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a mode of representation found in the body as memories in sensorium. Clinical evidence suggests there are more than one mode of representation. I revise my previous use of the word unrepresented and suggest that representation occurs along a continuum. Primitive body memories, not just memories in feelings, but memories held in the body as traces or impressions are modes of representation. There are primitive representations in sensations, sounds, smells, and images.
The chapter provides clinical examples of a patient’s communication via the body and visual images. The analyst’s role is to receive that communication first in her body and then in her mind and aid the patient in developing a capacity for increased symbolization and representation via language.
