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Secret Riverbeds: Secrecy and the Architecture of Subjectivity.

  • Published In: Psychoanalytic Review, 2025, v. 112, n. 3. P. 257 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Anderson, Todd 3 of 3

Abstract

Secrecy is a foundational yet underexamined dimension of psychic life. Reflecting on sexual secrecy, the existential closet, and the embodied life of the unsaid, this contribution explores how hidden truths and private experiences shape subjectivity, interpersonal fields, and bodily symptomatology. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, clinical vignettes, and continental philosophy, secrecy is reframed as a paradox: both a protective sanctuary and a source of isolation. Psychoanalytic treatment becomes a space where secrets may be reverently witnessed rather than prematurely revealed. By attending to the secret riverbeds, the psychoanalyst honors what remains hidden while fostering the possibility of relational contact and psychic transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Psychoanalytic Review. 2025/09, Vol. 112, Issue 3, p257
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Psychology
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0033-2836
  • DOI:10.1521/prev.2025.112.3.257
  • Accession Number:188096551
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