Thoughts..

This piece attempts to describe and relate a third therapeutic space (The Analytic Third) with what we might consider intuition.

Fear & safety; outcome & motivation. It was once said by someone, that the average man or woman does not actually want to be free, they simply want to feel safe - experience the phantasy of what the caregiver provides. The safety in being seen and understood. For fears to be considered; to be reflected somehow. For hopes and expectations to be noticed and ultimately, to be contained. Handing over this sense of safety to the other, leaves impoverished that which we rely on. O