Journal title RICERCA PSICOANALITICA
Author/s Gian Paolo Scano
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2016/2
Language Italian Pages 27 P. 93-119 File size 117 KB
DOI 10.3280/RPR2016-002007
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The widely shared opinion that projective identification describes ubiquitous and easily observable phenomena is unfounded. When analyzed, this concept appears based on a weird epistemology that from the theoretical point of view seems to contradict the current concept of transference and countertransference that touch upon the same clinical material. Projective identification rather than describing a phenomenon or a mysterious psychic performance of the therapeutic couple, aims at solving in an improper way the most difficult problem posed by traditional theory that, based on the assumption of the intrapsychic point of view, finds it hard to explain the intersubjective substance of the therapeutic relation. Considering interactions as intrapsychic processes, it allows to bypass the need to change the theoretical picture, avoiding the problem of saying what theoretical and clinical changes would be required if one wanted to accept the statement that the object of theory and of therapy are interactions rather than the intrapsychic experiences of an isolated mind.
Keywords: Projective identification, epistemology, transference and countertransference, intersubjectivity, therapeutic relation
Gian Paolo Scano, L’improbabile alambicco, ovvero lo strano caso dell’identificazione proiettiva in "RICERCA PSICOANALITICA" 2/2016, pp 93-119, DOI: 10.3280/RPR2016-002007