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Jun 24, 2021 · Projective Identification was first described by psychoanalyst, Melanie Klein. Here is how it works: Person A has a feeling they’d rather avoid, and so they project it, unconsciously, onto...
In psychoanalysis, projective identification is a defense mechanism in which the individual projects qualities that are unacceptable to the self onto another person, and that person introjects the projected qualities and believes him/herself to be characterized by them appropriately and justifiably.
Projective identification is a psychoanalytic concept. As such, it is derived from clinical work for use in clinical practice, as well as for developing a theory of mind. Like all psychoanalytic concepts, it aims to express subjective experience as well as to articulate a psychic mechanism.
- Karl Figlio
- kfiglio@essex.ac.uk
Projective identification is a form of adaptation, communication, defense, and creative expression that permeates the core of many psychotherapeutic treatments.
- Robert T. Waska
- 1999
Projective identification is a slightly complex phenomenon that builds on the defense mechanism of projection. In this PsycholoGenie post, we will provide a simple explanation of this theory along with some examples.
Case material is presented to illustrate the diagnostic approach to and the clinical functions of projective identification, particularly its importance in contributing to complementary identification in the countertransference.
Jul 21, 2023 · By this, I believe he means to say that projective identification (PI) at first requires identifying the initially unconscious processes that are occurring (“names”). Then the patient is encouraged to take conscious ownership of their “claims.”
