McVey, L orcid.org/0000-0003-2009-7682, Nolan, G and Lees, J (2020) The predictive moment: reverie, connection and predictive processing. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 48 (4). pp. 511-523. ISSN 0306-9885
Abstract
According to the theory of predictive processing, understanding in the present involves non-consciously representing the immediate future, based on probabilistic inference shaped by learning from the past. This paper suggests links between this neuroscientific theory and the psychoanalytic concept of reverie – an empathic, containing attentional state – and considers implications for the ways therapists intuit implicit material in their clients. Using findings from a study about therapists’ experiences of this state, we propose that reverie can offer practitioners from diverse theoretical backgrounds a means to enter the predictive moment deeply, making use of its subtle contents to connect with clients.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of an article published in British Journal of Guidance & Counselling. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | empathy; intuition; mental imagery; predictive processing; Reverie |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Nursing Adult (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2020 16:04 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2022 14:33 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/03069885.2020.1746744 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:158649 |