ABSTRACT
In Chapter Five, psychopathologic diagnosis is seen from a two-person perspective. It concerns the suffering of the relationship between the person and the world, rather than the suffering located within the individual. How we develop, always in relation to a world of others, is emphasized. The six fundamental movements (expounded meticulously in Chapter 3) are located within the fetus/mother hybrid to demonstrate how the fetal body changes in relation to the fluctuating environment of the mother's womb. These incipient fetal movements become essential supports for the developing of experience postnatally. Edmund Husserl's developmental progression of “I move,” “I do,” “I can” is further explicated to apprehend the relation of body to the organizing of consciousness. The six fundamental movements and their psychological functions are significant in the ongoing diagnosis of the unfolding relational field and make clear the rhythm of contacting. Two case vignettes are presented: work with a couple and an individual (in person). In both cases, patients are seen through the lens of Husserl's developmental progression as to what they can and cannot do with the other.
