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Thinking as a narcissistic resistance.

J Cohen

    The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis
    |January 1, 1985
    PubMed
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    Psychoanalytic therapy helps patients process the unthinkable through verbal thought. A patient's ability to adapt thinking and language indicates healing from narcissistic disturbance.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Psychoanalysis
    • Psychotherapy

    Background:

    • Verbal thought is central to psychoanalytic theory and practice.
    • Patients often repress unrepresentable and unthinkable material into unconscious awareness.
    • Psychoanalytic treatment aims to make the unthinkable representable and thinkable.

    Observation:

    • The analyst guides patients to confront and process repressed material.
    • This involves reconstructing the past and achieving freedom from its influence.
    • The patient must balance free association with objectifying thought.

    Findings:

    • A patient's adaptive capacity in thinking and language signals progress.
    • Successful adaptation indicates healing of narcissistic disturbance.

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  • Therapeutic impasses or incomplete treatment correlate with an inability to adapt.

    • Implications:

    • The capacity for verbalizing the unthinkable is a key therapeutic indicator.
    • Adapting thought and language is crucial for resolving narcissistic disturbances.
    • This highlights the dynamic interplay between representation, thought, and therapeutic outcome.