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Projective identification: the analyst's involvement

M Feldman

    The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis
    |April 1, 1997
    PubMed
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    Patient and analyst projections can create repetitive, painful enactments. Recognizing these unconscious dynamics is crucial for analysts to regain reflective capacity and avoid collusive arrangements.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Psychoanalysis
    • Psychotherapy

    Background:

    • Psychoanalytic theory emphasizes the role of unconscious processes in shaping therapeutic interactions.
    • Object relations theory highlights how internal fantasies of relationships influence external behavior.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the dynamics of projective identification in the analytic setting.
    • To understand how patient and analyst needs can lead to repetitive enactments.
    • To examine the challenges analysts face in recognizing and managing collusive arrangements.

    Main Methods:

    • The study is theoretical, drawing on psychoanalytic concepts and clinical observations.
    • It analyzes the interplay between patient's archaic object relationship fantasies and the analyst's internal world.

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  • Focuses on the concept of enactment as a manifestation of these dynamics.

    • Main Results:

    • Projections create object relationship fantasies that evoke thoughts, feelings, and actions.
    • Patient projections aim to reduce discrepancies between archaic fantasies and the analytic experience.
    • Analyst impulses can align with patient fantasies, leading to repetitive, painful enactments.
    • Collusive arrangements can arise when enactments feel comfortable, masking defensive functions for both parties.

    Conclusions:

    • Recognizing and extricating from unproductive enactments is difficult for analysts.
    • Subtle enactments can lead to comfortable collusions that obscure defensive functions.
    • Understanding these dynamics is key to maintaining therapeutic effectiveness and reflective capacity.