An object representation approach to psychostructural change: a clinical illustration

This paper presents a systematic test-retest analysis of a disturbed, hospitalized adolescent in an attempt to demonstrate recent innovation in Rorschach theory and technique based upon important conceptual and empirical advances in object relations theory. These new perspectives supplement basic ego psychological concepts of test interpretation advanced by Rapaport and test-retest analysis developed by Schafer. The new concepts presented in this paper offer the promise of providing a methodological framework and theoretical foundation for further innovative use of the Rorschach and other projective procedures.