The Frozen Object

Journal title PSICOANALISI
Author/s Guillermo Bodner
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/1
Language Italian Pages 19 P. 27-45 File size 182 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSI2017-001002
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In this paper the author reflects on some of the functions of defensive pathological or-ganizations, which may favour an impasse in the analytic process. The idea of pathological organization in Kleinian authors is reviewed in the light of recent developments. It focuses on the active but unconscious construction of a special object, the "frozen object" that cools the structure away from the feelings and keeps its qualities almost unalterable. A clinical vignette is provided to illustrate the analysis of this type of object.

Keywords: Impasse, pathological organizations, structure, object assimilation, frozen object

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Guillermo Bodner, L’oggetto congelato in "PSICOANALISI" 1/2017, pp 27-45, DOI: 10.3280/PSI2017-001002