The term enactment has entered the clinical vocabulary and for many therapists, has replaced previous action terms such as acting in and acting out. The concept is the recognition of a process which may involve words, but which goes beyond words. For some, enactment addresses a continuous undercurrent in the interaction between patient and therapist. Others ask whether this concept adds either clarity or a new perspective to the clinical situation. Among the questions this volume addresses are: does the focus on enactments entail a change in the model of therapeutic change? Are enactments...

-Many researchers live in their laboratories, and their careers and self-esteem - like most everyone's these days - are built on gaining recognition, not doing what is right. Most have never seen a patient, a person in pain, suffering the hurt of their circumstances - someone who might shock them back into seeing what they know to be true. Moreover, academics rarely read outside their area of interest and often actively ignore obviously related research if it threatens to make their work seem less special. This struck me hard. As an idealistic graduate student, I was able to take a course at...