Projective identification in the clinical setting : the Kleinian interpretation / Robert Waska

Includes bibliographical references and index

The Kleinian approach to projective identification: the more usual interpretive stance -- The Kleinian interpretation to projective identification: the atypical and less usual interpretive stance -- What the literature states about clinical technique -- Projective identification: some clinical and diagnostic considerations -- Intrapsychic outcome in projective identification -- Projective identification, countertransference, and the struggle for understanding over acting out -- Projective identification, self-disclosure, and the patient's view of the object: the need for flexibility -- The relationship between projective identification, symbolism, and loss within the paranoid-schizoid experience -- Hate, projective identification, and the therapist's struggle -- The role of projective identification in pathological greed -- Interpretation as shaped by projective identification