Knafo D
Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 1998;35(1):48-55.
This paper illustrates how the dimension of space is an apt arena for immigrant patients to play out their separation problems. A continuum is proposed in which the extreme ends represent pathological attitudes toward space. Two cases are presented to demonstrate how these differential approaches to space result in unique ways of dealing with separation and immigration. Treatment of immigrants involves the transformation of the therapeutic milieu into a transitional space to form a bridge between the patient's native country and current home and a potential space to allow patients to create new ways to view themselves and their worlds.
本文阐述了空间维度如何成为移民患者展现其分离问题的合适场所。文中提出了一个连续统，其两端代表对空间的病理态度。通过两个案例展示了这些对空间的不同处理方式如何导致处理分离和移民问题的独特方式。对移民的治疗包括将治疗环境转变为一个过渡空间，以在患者的祖国和当前居住地之间架起一座桥梁，以及创造一个潜在空间，让患者能够创造看待自己和周围世界的新方式。
