Using Language in the Clinic

i was working with a patient with neuropathy in his leg, and when i put the needle into a certain point, he said, ow. Instead of leaving it at that or doing something to the needle, i asked, and what kind of ow is that? He responded, it's as if my leg coming back to life, and it's quite uncomfortable. Nond when i repeated that back to him, what was important for him was to know that his leg could come back to life. And metaphor is a basic channel of communication between mind and body. The most importanant thing that that does is it allows the person to feel listened to a much deeper way than they used to