Neues von der Regression?

In the view of the author the concept of regression has been explicitly little discussed in recent years, even though it implicitly represents a psychoanalytic concept that is known and used by everyone. She therefore recalls Balint's concept of distinguishing between malignant and benign regression and attempts to show how these two forms of regression can be distinguished clinically and through countertransference. The core of malignant regression is ultimately the lack of separation between subject and object. First of all, knowledge of the concepts, awareness of the danger of malignant regression and its limitation are decisive for dealing with regressive processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]