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Containers, mental space and psychodynamics

B Rosenbaum¹, D Garfield

¹Psychiatric University Hospital in Aarhus, Department of Psychotherapy, Risskov, Denmark.

The British Journal of Medical Psychology

|December 1, 1996

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The container concept is crucial in cognitive science and psychodynamic theories, offering insights into meaning-making and borderline personality disorder dynamics. Understanding container dynamics aids clinical work.

Area of Science:

Cognitive Science
Psychodynamic Theory
Psychoanalysis

Background:

The container serves as a fundamental metaphor in cognitive semantics for understanding daily life events.
Psychoanalytic theory, including Freud's model and object relations theory, utilizes the concept of the body as a container and explores container dynamics in borderline personality disorder.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the concept of the container and its dynamics within both cognitive semantics and psychodynamic frameworks.
To highlight the clinical relevance of container and containment concepts in psychological theory and practice.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis integrating cognitive semantics and psychodynamic theories.
Exploration of 'container dynamics' using a cusp model for border phenomena.

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Analysis of patient communication through effective-perceptual, phantasy, and socio-interactive dimensions.

Main Results:

The container concept is a shared reference point in cognitive and psychodynamic fields.
Container dynamics are clinically relevant, particularly in understanding borderline personality disorder.
A cusp model can describe dynamics at the container's border.
Patient communication involves interacting dimensions impacting containment.

Conclusions:

The container concept offers a unifying framework for cognitive and psychodynamic understanding.
Clinical applications include managing container dynamics and facilitating containment in therapy.
Understanding the interplay of perceptual, phantasy, and interactive dimensions is key to effective containment.