1st Edition

Projective Identification A Contemporary Introduction

By Robert Waska Copyright 2022
130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

This clear and thoughtful book by Robert Waska provides an accessible introduction to Projective Identification and the role it plays in internal and external life. Waska explores how Projective Identification is the foundation for much of psychic life, driving internal phantasy, influencing interpersonal behavior, and contributing to the transference/countertransference environment. This... Read more

01. The Concept and Its Clinical Impact 02. Clinical Aims in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 03. The Form and Function of PI 04. Multiple Motives and Meanings 05. Working With and Through PI 06. Taming It in Psychotherapy 07. Reaching Towards and Pulling Away 08. The Clinical Exchange 09. The Evolution of PI Patterns 10. Shifting Internal Dynamics 11. Universal Experience 12. Clinical Moments within PI 13. Interpretive Efforts 14. The Fear of Change 15. Coping, Communicating, and Connecting

Biography

Robert Waska, PhD, MFT, LPCC, provides psychoanalytic psychotherapy for individuals and couples in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has written fourteen textbooks on the Modern Kleinian approach to treatment, teaches and consults internationally, and is a contributing author for both The Handbook of Contemporary Psychotherapy and The Handbook of Hate .