projective identification

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identification
noun[U]
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/aɪˌden.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/aɪˌden.t̬ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of recognizing and naming someone ...
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Misreading neutral faces is clearly related to transference mis-readings that occur in psychotherapy and the creation of bad object experiences linked withprojectiveidentification.
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Projectiveidentificationis the process whereby a person feels the feelings that the other is unable to access themselves.
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In less disturbed personalities,projectiveidentificationis not only a way of getting rid of feelings but also of getting help with them.
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Acquisitiveprojectiveidentification, where someone takes on the attributes of someone else.
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Beta-elements are not amenable to use in dream thoughts but are suited for use inprojectiveidentification.
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I suggest for these processes the termprojectiveidentification.
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A division has also been made between normalprojectiveidentificationand pathologicalprojectiveidentification, where what is projected is splintered into minute pieces before the projection takes place.
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These includeprojectiveidentificationand dramatic distancing.
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Jungians describe the resultant dynamics as characterising a so-called wounded couple -projectiveidentification ensuring that each carries the most ideal or the most primitive parts of their counterpart.
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Conscious resistance to suchprojectiveidentificationmay produce on the one side guilt for refusing to enact the projection, on the other bitter rage at the thwarting of the projection.
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