In the following paper, Scenic Narrative Microanalysis (Hamburger 2015) is applied to a 50-minutes session of a long-term child psychoanalytic play therapy. The aim of the study was to extract Now Moments respectively Moments of Meeting (Stern 2004) in the playful interaction between the psychotherapist and her four-year-old girl-patient. Results of the individual ratings of the transcript, as well as the group’s consensus discussion are critically discussed and related to the psychodynamic content of the session itself and in addition to the results of the other chapters in this section.

The chapter presents an application of Scenic-Narrative Microanalysis (SNMA) to a videotaped conflict situation in a Berlin primary school. The analysis is limited to the presented video material, not involving any additional information. SNMA uses the video spectators’ reactions as a tool to identify significant moments (Now Moments or Moments of Meeting as defined by Daniel Stern) in the video and to find a consensual hypothesis on the presumed group dynamics of class and teacher that can be linked to the field of attention research in school pedagogy. Necessary adaptations of the SNMA method to documentary video material are discussed.

This article provides insight into the mixed-method-analysis of a testimony of a survivor of the Shoah. The aim of the study was to compare the clinical-hermeneutical understanding of the unconsciously re-enacted scenic memory of the Shoah with the results of objective methods. Relevant moments throughout the videographed conversation that indicated the scenic re-enaction of the traumatic experiences in the Shoah were understood as “Now Moments” or “Moments of Meeting” (Stern 2004). Those moments were assessed both by the clinically working Interviewer of the survivor Ms. K. herself as well as by independently applied empirical methods. A computerized Text Analysis System (CM, Mergenthaler 1997) identified Emotion-Abstraction Patterns and Narrative Styles in the transcript of the video, a computerized Motion Energy Analysis (MEA, Ramseyer 2010) measured and quantified movements in terms of synchronicity of the interacting dyad. An external validation was conducted by carrying out group hermeneutical discussions as additional clinical assessments of relevant moments in the video-testimony.

The aim of this study was to conduct a Scenic Narrative Microanalysis of a modern dance performance, “Kontakthof” by Pina Bausch, performed by lay dancers over 65 years of age. SNMA analysis consisted of both individual and group sessions with students of the International Psychoanalytic University. The method was successfully applied to artistic material insofar as relevant moments in terms of “Now Moments” and “Moments of Meeting” (Stern 2004) were identified by the raters throughout the dance piece. The selection of moments showed a notable overlap with the results of different and independent methods of analysis presented in this section.

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