1. Processes in Psychotherapy and the MATRIX: The Case of Projective Identification
- Author
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Shlomo Mendlovic, Amit Saad, Ariel Ben Yehuda, Adiel Doron, and Aryeh Sopher
- Subjects
050103 clinical psychology ,Psychotherapist ,05 social sciences ,Professional-Patient Relations ,General Medicine ,Space (commercial competition) ,Psychoanalytic Therapy ,030227 psychiatry ,03 medical and health sciences ,Matrix (mathematics) ,0302 clinical medicine ,Process analysis ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Projection ,Psychoanalytic theory ,Dimension (data warehouse) ,Projective test ,Psychology ,Projective identification ,Dyad - Abstract
The MATRIX is a tool designed to analyze psychoanalytic sessions. It is composed of two axes: focus (patient, therapist, and dyad) and dimension (space, content, and order). The MATRIX was found to be a reliable tool, and valid for identifying the therapist's theoretical inclinations in psychoanalytic-oriented psychotherapy sessions. In the present study, we suggest that the MATRIX can identify different (Kleinian, Bionian, and relational) approaches to projective identification, thus providing therapists and supervisors an easy-to-use tool for monitoring, and better managing, projective identifications during psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy.
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- 2018