Having the couple do the exercise while in the act of love-making serves to bring out the primitive erotic elements that have been submerged by the surface negativity, while at the same time facilitating an awareness of what is being displaced onto the other mate.
For example, they may realize that their objection to their spouse’s fat hips has to do with repressed memories about a parent’s fat hips, or to childhood taunts about their own fat hips by siblings and schoolmates. Or, they may discover that being repelled by hair is associated with repressed memories about a parent’s or sibling’s hair. By tracing the transference to its source, the intensity of the transference may be lessened, and sexual feelings enhanced.
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