Projective Identification and Psychotherapeutic Technique

by Thomas H. Ogden

Explains the patient's identification in treatment with a significant other for purposes of mastering traumatic experiences.

"This book is a clear, constructive, and instructive treatment of an important observation. It is also an example of clinical sophistication of the very highest order."
–Jeffrey J. Andresen

"A major strength of this book is that it addresses the difficult situations that arise in treatment when projection is at play. The difficult feelings aroused in the projective introjective interplay are explored and the therapist is cautioned repeatedly against using untimely interpretations rather than therapeutic containment and holding feelings `in reverie.' The patient needs the space to grow and Ogden is quite sensitive to this process."
–Janet Schumacher Finell

A Jason Aronson Book

Genres: Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Nonfiction

246 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

Reviews

[Daphne · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very in depth analysis of projective Identification, which is always fascinating to read about. The latter half was very focused on schizophrenia and its related state of non-experience which I always find very complicated and at times difficult to connect with. Vignettes were, once again, very helpful and interesting.

[Dorothy Marcic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was very revealing about how we communicate with one another.