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The patient's objects in the analyst's mind.

¹Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Wayne State Medical School.

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|October 28, 2014

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Analysts form internal relationships with patients' internal objects. Two cases explore how analysts manage these internal objects, focusing on countertransference and analytical hesitation.

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Internal objects analytic interaction analytic narrative analytic relationship characters gaslighting internal world introjection object relations self- and object representation transference-countertransference unconscious identification

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Psychology
Psychoanalysis

Background:

The analyst's internal relationship with the patient's objects is a key aspect of psychoanalysis.
These internal objects can manifest in the analyst's mind as data or as intrusive preoccupations.

Observation:

Presents two clinical cases illustrating the analyst's experience with patient objects.
Case 1: Analyst hesitates due to the perceived absence of a "good" object in the patient's mind.
Case 2: Analyst mirrors the patient's preoccupation with a "bad" object.

Findings:

Explores the analyst's use and experience of internal objects.
Highlights the significance of countertransference in understanding these dynamics.
Demonstrates how the analyst's internal world is influenced by the patient's object relations.

Implications:

Offers insights into managing challenging transference and countertransference phenomena.
Enhances understanding of the analyst's role in object relations.
Provides a framework for analyzing the impact of patient's internal objects on the analytic process.