Therapeutic Laughter
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Bodies to Wear: Four Lacanian Takes on Trans · Patricia Gherovici · p.99
BODIES TO WEAR FOUR LACANIAN TAKES ON TRANS > FOUR LACANIAN TAKES TO RETHINK THE TRANS EXPERIENCE > LAUGHTER
Theoretical move: Therapeutic laughter functions as a clinical intervention that punctures paranoid fantasy by exposing the subject's own jouissance as the source of the "theft" they project onto the Other, thus enabling partial traversal of the fantasy and reconnection with desire in its imperfect, real form.
This playful intervention prompted a moment of laughter, which created a space for Mercedes to reconsider her paranoid interpretation of events.