Issue of non-interpretation
Japanese people’s tendency of keeping
things hidden has some serious impact on the essential therapeutic intervention
of interpretation. Although many Japanese analysts subscribe to the essential
and crucial role of interpretation, especially that of here and now
transference implication, many analytically trained therapists mention
awkwardness
An old Japanese saying of “iwazu ga
hana” (better leave it unsaid) is also strongly held among Japanese.
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