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One of the aspects of being human is the experiencing of a continuous connectedness with other human beings. The degree to which this is felt may vary as does the degree of awareness of it. Sensing similarities and differences, sensing the humanness of others and feeling oneself to be of the same kind as other people are all part of the experience of connectedness. An instantaneous non-verbal communicating with other people is another aspect. This communicating is emanated and received simultaneously by all people present in groups of two or more. It is a complicated and communicating inter-connectedness operative in all human beings. Physical forms of expression, emotions and speech are evident forms of it.
The doctor-patient relationship of the psychoanalytic process is one form of this connectedness. Since it is a process, the noun, “connectedness,” does not sufficiently express its essence.
Human processes are not truly isolable from each other. However, they can be identified, their intricacies studied, and the processes within a process elucidated. The connections with other processes and reciprocal effects can be examined. Concepts and theories of a process evolve out of such study. Some human processes are more or less voluntary, some more or less involuntary. Among the more voluntary are the musculo-skeletal and the mental processes. Less voluntary are emotional and psychological aspects of living organisms. Training and educating shape and develop voluntary and less voluntary processes towards desirable or esteemed forms. Identifying a process as existent, studying and educating it, change it greatly, and help it become stronger and more present. Theories as