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Expiation as a defense
International Journal of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
|January 1, 1980
Summary
This study identifies "expiation," a defense mechanism involving self-punishment, which hinders psychoanalytic progress and termination. It protects patients from guilt over ambivalent object relations.
Area of Science:
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychology
- Psychodynamic theory
Background:
- Psychoanalytic therapy often faces challenges in achieving progress and termination.
- Defense mechanisms play a crucial role in patient's resistance to therapeutic advancement.