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ON LEAVING THE SCENE: PROCESSING PROJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION AND THE SCHIZOID EXPERIENCE.
- Source :
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Clinical Social Work Journal . Fall94, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p277-289. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- Countertransference reactions of sleepiness and disinterest in the clinical material being presented by patients can be annoying and confusing. This paper presents a theoretical framework for understanding the author's countertransference with Borderline patients in the schizoid continuum of borderline pathology, according to a classification scheme from Meissner (1984). In the case example presented projective identification and several interpretations of its meaning are reviewed and linked with the author/therapist's experience of sleepiness in the session. The understanding and containment of these projections, as well as interpretations offered to the patient, allowed for a successful resolution to the treatment. Implications for other cases with similar character structure are discussed with emphasis on the therapists using their subjective experience of sleepiness to understand their patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00911674
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Social Work Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9409160430
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02190358