이혼 위기 부부의 ‘정동의 지도화’ 프로그램 참여 경험에 관한 다중 사례연구

This study is a case analysis of couples in divorce crisis whose relationships were restored through Félix Guattari’s Mapping of Affects program. A total of four couples participated, all of whom had been considering divorce due to recurring emotional conflicts and misunderstandings. Prior to counseling intervention, the couples repeatedly experienced situations in which they failed to perceive their own and their partner’s needs and emotions sensorially, instead interpreting the other’s behavior through the lens of their own culture and feelings, which led to repeated misunderstandings. Through participation in the mediation counseling, the couples came to recognize that their conflicts were rooted not so much in external circumstances such as financial issues, but in affective problems centered on feelings of hurt. They also realized that the emotions causing problems were the product of “unexpressed needs” and “self-interpretations.” By engaging in the processes of mapping and virtualizing their own and their partner’s needs and emotions, and by expressing these through self-referential affirmation, they were able to restore emotional connectedness. The main meanings derived by participants through the Mapping of Affects conflict mediation program were: 1) Hurt as the core emotion of conflict 2) Frustration of mutual needs 3) Absence of communication or misaligned language 4) Being trapped in one’s own thoughts