A closure that opens: clinical reflections on the area of border between "ending" and "interruption"

Journal title PSICOTERAPIA PSICOANALITICA
Author/s Luigi Antonio Perrotta
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2016/2
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 73-83 File size 142 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSP2016-002004
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The author, with reference to a clinical case, reflects on the "ending" of a therapeutic work and the possible meanings that this can take within the wider process. In a perspective of complexity, the conclusion of a therapy not always may fall into the categorie of "interruption" or "ending" but it would be a border area with its specific clinical feateres and distintive aspects.

Keywords: Beginning of therapy, ending, interruption, therapeutic process, complexity, resistance.

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Luigi Antonio Perrotta, Una chiusura che apre. Il caso di Levi Matteo in "PSICOTERAPIA PSICOANALITICA" 2/2016, pp 73-83, DOI: 10.3280/PSP2016-002004