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July 11, 2026Psychodynamic Practice

Authority, visibility, and the symbolic organisation of agency: psychodynamic reflections on contemporary clinical experience

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JSJohn Sorensen

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Overview

Explores how patients perceive agency and visibility, indicating implications for clinical practice.

Key Points

  • Examine how feelings of being watched and assessed shape patients' experiences of agency and recognition.
  • Utilizes psychodynamic theory to analyze contemporary clinical experiences.
  • Compares clinical narratives with Norse mythology and the selection of warriors for Valhalla.
  • Discusses how visibility in modern contexts relates to historical relational experiences.
  • Identifies symbolic structures that help patients cope with diminished agency and recognition.
  • Highlights the importance of cultural narratives in organizing experiences of being judged and excluded.
  • Examines clinical implications for engaging these narratives in therapy.

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John Sorensen (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a51dce1c18d7f28ca4ffdb2https://doi.org/10.1080/14753634.2026.2701880
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