{"id":35438,"date":"2020-11-27T00:11:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T05:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=35438"},"modified":"2020-11-29T00:11:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T05:11:21","slug":"synchronicity-in-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=35438","title":{"rendered":"Synchronicity in Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our friend Bernard Beitman, a visiting professor of psychiatry at University of Virginia,\u00a0 is a synchronicity expert who wrote <em>Connecting with Coincidence.<\/em>\u00a0 He also has a fantastic podcast by the same name. The following article appeared in his column in <em>Psychology Today.<\/em><\/p>\n<nav class=\"navbar navbar-default navbar-default-public navbar-toggleable-md container-fluid d-block lg-bg-swatch-primary xs-bg-swatch-primary has-main-nav\">\n<header class=\"lg-bg-swatch-primary xs-bg-swatch-primary\">\n<div class=\"container container-static navbar-flex-positioning\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"td_fat_subheader\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"td_fat_subheader__content d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"td_fat_subheader__verified d-none d-sm-block\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container page-container page-container-buffer-space\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"container main main--sidebar\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 node node-blog-entry node-promoted node-blog-entry--has-clinical-pathway\" data-nid=\"1153897\" data-type=\"blog_entry\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-10 col-lg-12 col-xl-3 m-sm-auto m-lg-0\">\n<div class=\"profile_card d-flex flex-xl-column\">\n<div class=\"profile_card__photo mr-3 mr-xl-0\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-user-blogger-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden img-bg-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.psychologytoday.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/profile\/public\/field_user_blogger_photo\/bernard-beitman_0.jpg?resize=256%2C318&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"318\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile_card__profile-copy align-self-center align-self-xl-start\">\n<h3 class=\"profile_card__profile-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/experts\/bernard-d-beitman-md\">Bernard D. Beitman M.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"profile_card__blog-title\"><a class=\"profile-bio-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/connecting-coincidence\">Connecting with Coincidence<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-10 col-lg-12 col-xl-9 m-sm-auto\">\n<h6 class=\"text-uppercase-primary-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/therapy\">Therapy<\/a><\/h6>\n<h1 class=\"blog_entry--full__title\">Research Suggests That Synchronicities Can Aid Psychotherapy<\/h1>\n<p class=\"blog_entry--full__subtitle\">Therapist confidence about using synchronicity correlates with outcome.<a class=\"inline-links topic-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at Carl Jung\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/therapy-types\/jungian-therapy\">Carl Jung<\/a> described the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/connecting-coincidence\/201508\/jung-s-scarab-psychotherapeutic-technique\">paradigmatic synchronicity<\/a> during <a class=\"inline-links topic-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at psychotherapy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/therapy\">psychotherapy<\/a>. Since then Jungians and others have recorded single cases. Recently investigators\u00a0have carried out\u00a0systematic research in the use of synchronicity during psychotherapy. Here&#8217;s hoping increasingly more researchers will study the ways in which synchronicity can become a useful psychotherapeutic technique as has Dr. Reefschl\u00e4ger in this report. (BDB)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-10 col-lg-12 col-xl-9 m-sm-auto\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"markup-replacement-slot markup-replacement-slot-0\" data-slot-position=\"0\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"insertArea\">\n<div class=\"image-article-inline-half\">\n<div class=\"insert-inner\">\n<div class=\"insert-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"permission of Gunnar Immo Reefschl\u00e4ger\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.psychologytoday.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article-inline-half-caption\/public\/field_blog_entry_images\/2020-11\/gunnar_photo.jpg?resize=320%2C245&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"permission of Gunnar Immo Reefschl\u00e4ger\" width=\"320\" height=\"245\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">Gunnar Immo Reefschl\u00e4ger<\/div>\n<div class=\"subtext insertArea--origin\">Source: permission of Gunnar Immo Reefschl\u00e4ger<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>My name is Gunnar Immo Reefschl\u00e4ger, and I am a researcher from Frankfurt, Germany. I focus on modern concept research in the field of Analytical Psychology. Moreover, I am a clinical psychologist, a <a class=\"inline-links topic-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at psychodynamic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/therapy-types\/psychodynamic-therapy\">psychodynamic<\/a>-oriented personal coach, and currently, a psychotherapeutically and psychoanalytical candidate at the Institute of Psychotherapy and <a class=\"inline-links topic-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at Psychoanalysis\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/psychoanalysis\">Psychoanalysis<\/a> in Andernach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Having finished and released my dissertation in German in 2018, Dr. Bernard Beitman kindly encouraged me to publish my findings for an English speaking readership.<\/p>\n<div class=\"markup-replacement-slot markup-replacement-slot-1\" data-slot-position=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p>In the following, I would like to give you a short and concise introduction to some of my general findings. After giving you an example of a typical participant&#8217;s report of synchronicity that happened in the context of psychotherapy, I will explain\u00a0how I came across Carl Jung&#8217;s concept of synchronicity, and how I conducted my study. Feel free to contact me through the links below\u00a0if you have any thoughts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"markup-replacement-slot markup-replacement-slot-2\" data-slot-position=\"2\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>A case of synchronicity in psychotherapy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, I would like to give you a typical example of synchronicity that can happen in the context of psychotherapy. The following excerpt is from a case that can be found in my doctoral dissertation(1):<\/p>\n<p>\u201dA 16-year-old patient who is suffering from <a class=\"inline-links topic-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at anxiety\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/anxiety\">anxiety<\/a> goes on a final school trip to Berlin. It is her first trip away from home;\u00a0she feels fearful and excited at the same time. However, her feelings transform into being\u00a0overwhelmed. She tries to contact me spontaneously by mobile phone. I almost never switch on my mobile phone, but exactly at this moment it is on and I can give comfort to my patient. As a consequence of this moment, our therapeutic relationship deepened as I saw her in our next session.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"markup-replacement-slot markup-replacement-slot-3\" data-slot-position=\"3\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>We need more modern concept research: The way to my study<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I became fascinated by stories like these when a friend gave me a copy of Hopcke\u2019s book <em>There Are No Accidents<\/em>\u00a0(2) where I read the term synchronicity for the first time. During my studies of psychology at school,\u00a0I noticed to my surprise that there was very little research about the concept of synchronicity because it was labeled as \u201cpsychological non-sense\u201c by my behavioristic-focused psychology department. In general, Analytical Psychology and its <a class=\"inline-links topic-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at Freudian\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/freudian-psychology\">Freudian<\/a> cousin Psychoanalysis were discarded as non-scientific. However, I had the feeling that it was an important and crucial concept of psychotherapy that just needed to be investigated more since strange coincidences connect people in a way that can be useful for both patient and therapist and their relationship. Consequently, I looked for a psychology professor who would be interested in supporting my idea to give the concept of synchronicity an empirical foundation so it would be acknowledged as a valid therapeutic concept.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A first step to an empirical foundation of synchronicity: The study<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For my study, I collected a number of cases where synchronistic moments happened in the context of psychotherapy. This first step took me a time period of nine\u00a0months. My cases consisted of 1) personal interviews I had with therapists, 2)\u00a0synchronistic moments that happened during therapy which were documented by articles, books, and literature, and 3) questionnaires that Jungian therapists could use as an alternative to personal interviews.<\/p>\n<div class=\"markup-replacement-slot markup-replacement-slot-5\" data-slot-position=\"5\"><\/div>\n<p>To get a high number of personal interviews, I reached out to all Jungian training institutes that were listed on the website of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (3) asking them if they would be willing to endorse my study and send a study invitation via e-mail to their members. Institutes in Germany, Austria,\u00a0and Switzerland received a German version of my study invitation, all other institutes an English version. In addition to that, I sent out study invitation flyers to all Jungian institutes in Germany (Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich) via mail. Next, I also posted my study invitation online on several forums,\u00a0groups on Facebook. For people who reacted to my invitation over Facebook, I asked them to give me some kind of proof that they had been working as a therapist (e. <a class=\"inline-links topic-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at g\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/intelligence\">g<\/a>. scan of therapy license).<\/p>\n<div class=\"markup-replacement-slot markup-replacement-slot-6\" data-slot-position=\"6\"><\/div>\n<p>For therapists who responded to my study invitations, I sent an informed consent form that needed to be filled out by both therapist and patient allowing me to use the provided material. I conducted the actual interviews face-to-face, via telephone, or via Skype. For therapists who could or would not telephone, meet\u00a0me personally, nor Skype, I offered to send my interview questions via email, so that they could answer them in a written form. In the end, I conducted 12 interviews personally and I received 12 email responses, in which therapists answered my interview questions in a written form.<\/p>\n<div class=\"markup-replacement-slot markup-replacement-slot-7\" data-slot-position=\"7\"><\/div>\n<p>Next, for\u00a0conducting interviews, I searched for already documented <a class=\"inline-links topic-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at synchronicities\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/synchronicity\">synchronicities<\/a> that happened during psychotherapy. I used different keywords and keyword combinations (e. g. \u201csynchronicity\u201d, \u201csynchronicity <em>and<\/em> psychotherapy\u201d, \u201csynchronistic\u201d) on Google and Google Scholar to find cases that were documented. Books, dissertations, and articles that seemed to be possibly relevant for my interest, I read in-depth (5; 6). The length of an actual narrative was not important, however, I dismissed narratives that were too short (e. g. when it only consisted of one sentence). In the end, I found 22 narratives of synchronicities that\u00a0happened in the context of psychotherapy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1456244145486-0\" class=\"pt-ad pt-ads-300\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After nine\u00a0months of collecting data, I had a total number of 46 cases\/reports of synchronicities that happened in psychotherapy. Next, I looked at how these cases were presented and\/or written. I analyzed the cases using several questions including: \u201cDid the synchronicity include a dream, premonition, or a concrete statement\/behavior?\u201c Or \u201cDid the synchronicity happen over a physical distance or in a physical closeness?\u201c\u00a0In this way, I had a total of 22 questions I asked the therapists I interviewed, or I answered them myself regarding the already documented cases. Most of my questions came from publications of my doctoral advisor Christian Roesler (7). Afterward, I tried to find out if there are any tendencies\u00a0of all cases in response to my questions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"markup-replacement-slot markup-replacement-slot-9\" data-slot-position=\"9\"><\/div>\n<p>Here are some results I found: There were more synchronicities reported\/documented 1) that included pre-monition than dreams\u00a02) that happened in a physical distance, e. g. over several kilometers, rather than a physical closeness, e.g. over some meters\u00a03) that happened not simultaneously, e.g. a person <a class=\"inline-links topic-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at dreaming\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/dreaming\">dreaming<\/a> synchronistically of events occurring the next day, than simultaneously, e.g. a person knowing synchronistically what another person does at the same time. I also tried to look at several possible relations between my questions through statistical methods. My results show, for example, that there is a relation between a concrete, self-assured reaction of the therapist regarding an occurred synchronistic moment and a positive consequence for the therapeutic relationship. Moreover, the more secure, aware, and specific a therapist reacts to a synchronistic moment in the context of psychotherapy, the more likely it has a positive impact on the therapeutic relationship and the therapy process itself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"markup-replacement-slot markup-replacement-slot-10\" data-slot-position=\"10\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>What needs to happen: More therapists need to know the concept of synchronicity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, one can say that paying <a class=\"inline-links topic-link\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at attention\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/basics\/attention\">attention<\/a> to synchronistic moments in therapies can be a beneficial factor for therapy if the therapist is trained and self-assured in the topic of synchronicity. Consequently, it would be advisable if the topic of synchronicity is being taught more in therapy training institutes, so that future therapists can recognize synchronicities better and see them as a potential source for additional therapeutic interventions, that can support the patient by experiencing even more meaning in his or her life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container main main--sidebar\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-10 col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"region__content_bottom container\">\n<div id=\"block-pt-blog-blog-author-bottom\" class=\"row region__content_bottom--block\">\n<div class=\"block-pt-blog-blog-author-bottom block block-pt-blog col-12 col-xl-9\">\n<div class=\"block__content\">\n<div class=\"node node-profile node-1077578 profile_blog_bottom clearfix\" data-nid=\"1077578\" data-type=\"profile\">\n<div class=\"media node__content has-profile-link\">\n<div class=\"media-body blogger-info__all\">\n<div class=\"blogger-info-text mb-2\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-user-bio-short field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<p><strong>Bernard Beitman<\/strong>, M.D., is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia. 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